IIS Fundamentals

• Internet Information Services (IIS) is

Microsoft's suite of applications for the
Internet.
• IIS is much more than a web server because it
supports
– FTP(File Transfer Protocol)
– SMTP(Simple Mail Tranfer Protocol)
– NNTP(Network News Tranfer Protocol)
 Why IIS ?
As the Internet becomes more prevalent in our
daily lives, the infrastructure behind it
becomes more complicated, and the
knowledge of how to support that
infrastructure becomes more valuable
 Windows Server 2003
IIS is latest version of Microsoft Web Server and
it is pacaged with Server 2003.2003 Comes in
four flavours:
1.Web Server
2.Standard Server
3.Enterprise Server
4.Datacenter Server
 Web Server
Web Server is a limited functionality version. It
gives you everything you need to run a web
server, including network load balancing, but
it can't act as a domain controller. It also can't
act as a certificate authority and issue
certificates. The upside? Lower price.
 Standard Server
Standard Server is your garden-variety server
operating system. It offers the standard
functionality and is the version most people
run.Main Roles :
• Domain controller 
• Global catalog server
• DNS server
 Enterprise Server
• Enterprise Server gives you everything
Standard Server does, plus the ability to make
a four-node cluster network configuration. In
addition, if the hardware supports it, you can
add memory while the server is running.
Enterprise Server also allows you to cluster
servers together for fault tolerance, rather
than just balancing traffic across servers.
Enterprise Server will also be released in a 64-
bit edition.
 Datacenter Server
• Datacenter Server, the big dog of the family,
supports the most processors and the most
RAM, all at a greater cost. It also offers
Microsoft's Datacenter support program.
Datacenter Server includes support for up to
eight-node clusters. Like Enterprise Server,
Datacenter Server will be released in a 64-bit
edition.
 History of IIS
• Version 1 IIS 1 was available as an add-on to Windows NT 3.51. It didn't have many features, but it
included the standard web, FTP, and gopher services.

• Version 2 IIS 2 was included with Windows NT 4. It wasn't tremendously different from IIS 1.

• Version 3 IIS was upgraded to version 3 when Service Pack 3 for Windows NT 4 was installed. It
included new features, such as Active Server Pages (ASP).

• Version 4 IIS 4 was available with the Windows NT 4 Option Pack. It was a major overhaul of IIS,
removed the Gopher service, and greatly enhanced the feature set of IIS.

• Version 5 IIS 5 was included with Windows 2000 Server. It was not a major upgrade from IIS 4.

• Version 6 IIS 6 represents a fundamental shift in the web services product offering from Microsoft.
While the FTP, SMTP, and Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) services are not extremely
different, the web server component of IIS 6 has a new focus on security and fundamental changes
in the way it behaves at its core.
• In Windows 2000 Server, IIS was part of a
default installation. However, in WS03, you
must install IIS manually. With Microsoft’s
new mindset of “off by default,” IIS is no
longer part of a default installation.
 How to Install IIS
• In the Control Panel, click Add Or Remove Programs to
open the Add Or Remove Programs dialog box.
• Click the Add/Remove Windows Components icon on
the left. The Windows Components Wizard will pop up.
• Click Application Server, and then click the Details
button.
• The IIS components are located in the Internet
Information Services area.
Important:If you click the IIS checkbox, only the default
components will be installed. To install optional
components (subcomponents), you must select them
manually.
• Choose all the subcomponents you want to
install, and then click OK three times to get
back to the main Windows Components
screen. When you click Next, you may be
prompted for the Windows 2003 CD, if it’s not
already in the drive.
Common Files
You must install this component or IIS won’t work.
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service
• This component is not installed by default. The FTP service allows for the creation
of an FTP server, where users can upload and download files.
FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions
• Selecting this component installs the software necessary for users to upload their
web sites to the server directly through Microsoft FrontPage or Visual InterDev.
This allows web page authors a greater degree of control on your web server, and
installing it can also be considered a security risk.
Internet Information Services Manager
• This component installs the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that
allows you to administer IIS. Like Common Files, it’s mandatory.
Internet Printing
• This component installs the options that allow you to configure and share printers
over HTTP. This option is the same as the Windows 2000 Server web printing
options. In WS03, it is now an optional service.
NNTP Service
This component installs the News Server, which allows the creation of
newsgroups.
SMTP Service
• This installs the SMTP Service, which allows the IIS server to send e-mail.
It’s useful for those web sites that let visitors send e-mail.
World Wide Web Service
• The World Wide Web Service is the one you’ve been looking for. It
provides HTTP services and comprises several subcomponents.
Active Server Pages The Active Server Pages subcomponent installs the ASP
DLL and other files that support ASP for your web server. This option is
always installed, although it is disabled by default.
Internet Data Connector Internet Data Connector (IDC) allows for database
connectivity in your web site. This option is always installed.
• Remote Administration (HTML) Installing this option enables you
to administer IIS remotely through a web browser. This is different
from the previous HTML administration options for IIS, with which
you could administer only the same server.
• Remote Desktop Web Connection This installs the ActiveX control
that allows Internet Explorer web browsers to connect to a terminal
server session using the pages provided. This was available in
Windows 2000 as the Terminal Services Advanced Client.
• Server Side Includes This provides support for server-side includes
and is always installed.
• World Wide Web Service This component installs the core WWW
service application. Without this, many IIS components won’t
function.