Administering IIS (5)

By Patrick Santry and Mitch Tulloch

This task-oriented guide to IIS 5 has step-by-step walkthroughs, task-based section titles for finding subjects quickly, and screen-shots and figures to make it useful away from the console. There are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072123281
• ISBN13: 9780072123289
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Did what it promised

While not highly technical, the book delivered on its promise. With no experience, I installed IIS 5.0 on W2k Server and published a website. The whole process took about a day, including reading the book.

Serves its purpose

I liked this booked because it gave me a quick overview of what each option means and what it is used for. Precisely why other people graded it down. I bought it because it was the only book out there on the subject and in browsing it I found it fit my needs. I think it is unfair to downgrade the book because it is not in depth enough. I did not want an MCSE study book, I just wanted a book that filled in the gaps as I set up my web server. This book was exactly what I needed.

Thought their IIS4 book was good and so is this one

I have eight Windows 2000 books. This is the ONLY one of those that covered how to install and configure Certificate Services AND how to deploy and install client certificates. This is rather important for a Web server. The book is clear and concise and covers the major topics needed by most IIS5 Administrators. It is a bit weak on true server security lock-down and ASP but there are other books for that anyway.

Up and Running

The book worked for me. I needed something that was an easy read and this did the trick. Lots of information on setting up and configuring IIS. Step by step instructions and easy to follow.

Pretty Good

I thought this book did a fair job in covering the Administrative issues concerning setting up IIS 5.0. If you are just entering into managing a Web server on the Windows 2000 platform, then this book can get you started with the concepts and running productively in short amount of time. The book also does well providing you with external resources for information, as well as a good troubleshooting chapter. I thought it was worth the money I spent on it.