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Book Review: IIS7 Implementation and Administration

November 1, 2007 04:15 by Andrew Westgarth

IIS7ImplementationAndAdministration This year I made my first steps on to the speaker circuit with a presentation on IIS7 for ASP.Net Developers.  IIS (Internet Information Server) is used the world over by many web developers on which to host their applications.  I have been dealing with IIS for a number of years, in both a Developer role but also as Administrator of a number of web servers and web farms.  This is where my interest in IIS has come from over the years.  IIS is a very stable platform and with IIS7 we know have, what Microsoft term as the most significant release of IIS since version 1.0, and I have to agree.

I recently got hold of a copy of this book: IIS7 Implementation and Administration written by John Paul Mueller.  This title appears to be very popular, and after speaking to Martin from Computer Manuals it would appear that is flying off the shelves. 

As stated earlier I am able to attack a review of this title from both an Administrators point of view and that of a developer.  The book is well structured and  at just over 360 pages in length it slotted nicely into my laptop backpack for carrying around with me on my recent engagements.  Split into three sections - Using IIS7; Configuring Older Applications; and Configuring Application Security  - the book is a great starting guide to using IIS7.  The first section gets the reader to grips with the basics of working with files and the new UI within IIS7 and gives enough information and detail with which to get up and running with IIS7.  In the Configuring Older Applications section, John Paul, guides the reader through working with ASP, IIS6 Manager and other application types such as PHP and ColdFusion.  This a key section for those looking to upgrade to IIS7 and take advantage of the new features and integrated pipeline but still running ASP/PHP/ColdFusion etc applications in addition/instead of ASP.Net Applications.

The final section of the book primarily covers Application Security, but also covers connecting to databases, globalization, application performance and application configuration.  This final section is goes into quite a high level of detail and although I have covered .Net Roles and Profiles quite extensively I still found this section very very useful.  In my presentations I cover the ApplicationHost.Config and Administration.Config files and this section covers the structure of the configuration files well and covers the question of administration delegation well and highlights the associated risks and benefits.

This book was a joy to read and I think that is suitable for beginners and experienced developers and administrators alike.  The book covers a lot of the new features which many developers are aware of, but now they are integrated into the pipeline, administrators can now read about and understand to help communicate with developers on an more level plain.  This book is a great guide to IIS7 and I would recommend it to anyone who has either previous experience with IIS or who are just getting into it and want to know more about IIS7 as a development and hosting platform.

Book Details:

Title: IIS7 Implementation and Administration

Author: John Paul Mueller

Publisher: Sybex

Link to purchase on Computer Manuals : http://www.compman.co.uk/scripts/browse.asp?ref=859158

Comments (4) -

Ian Smith

Would be interested to know how this compares with the other IIS 7 books which are already out there.  I think "How to Cheat at IIS7 Server" was the first title released. Have you seen that one?

Ian Smith | November 1 2007 05:17

Andrew Westgarth

Hi Ian,
       yes I have seen that title listed but haven't had chance to get hold of one and read it yet.  Now I've finished John Paul's book, I have "Professional IIS 7 and ASP.Net Integrated Programming" by Dr Shahram Khosravi - www.compman.co.uk/scripts/browse.asp?ref=852426 to read next and I'll post a review when I've finished it.

I'm really pleased to be seeing more titles being written about IIS as in the past it hasn't been covered very well, although that could be until now there wasn't a very good developer story for IIS.

Andrew Westgarth | November 1 2007 06:10

how to build a website

John Paul Mueller is a great programmer and he really is serious about his work and I think he wanted to share his knowledge through his book. It's a great book I have one myself.

how to build a website | October 25 2010 06:47

Uli

This is indeed a fine book.

Another one that really helped me along my IIS 7 journey was

Professional IIS 7

http://goo.gl/2SXCK

Uli | November 18 2011 12:28

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