Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 Documentation

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Summary: Full of information can be hard to follow
Review: Executive summary: I would recommend this book to anybody implementing the IIS 5.0 product for knowledge and information along with tech tips and general rules. I would not recommend this book to somebody wishing to learn about the product before installing.

Overall: The information was key and useful, as I was able to install and maintain a web site by both going through aspects in the book and the online help throughout the installation. More information could have been provided on web printing and other things that make this product excel in the industry. Some of the key points throughout the book are upgrades from prior versions, administration, installation, Security, Active pages, resources, FAQ's, an index, and glossary. The book also touches on DNS and Front Page as ways of administering your web site or items to improve it.

Jeff Lee Student Southeast Technical Institute Sioux Falls, SD

Rating:
Summary: Full of information can be hard to follow
Review: Executive summary: I would recommend this book to anybody implementing the IIS 5.0 product for knowledge and information along with tech tips and general rules. I would not recommend this book to somebody wishing to learn about the product before installing.

Overall: The information was key and useful, as I was able to install and maintain a web site by both going through aspects in the book and the online help throughout the installation. More information could have been provided on web printing and other things that make this product excel in the industry. Some of the key points throughout the book are upgrades from prior versions, administration, installation, Security, Active pages, resources, FAQ's, an index, and glossary. The book also touches on DNS and Front Page as ways of administering your web site or items to improve it.

Jeff Lee Student Southeast Technical Institute Sioux Falls, SD

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Summary: Great reference book
Review: I purchased this book along with a few others for use in administering IIS 5.0. This book does a good job of covering the new features in IIS 5, as well as explaining how to use them effectively. The sections on ASP were not as useful to me, as I am not a programmer, but the pieces on the metabase (chapter 9) are a good reference.

This is a good book to have in your library if you support Windows 2000 / IIS 5.

I did find some errors in the book, and could not find anything on the MSPRESS site regarding errata. Example- Page 51 (under heading Multiple IP Addresses) states something about needing multiple NICs, if you are going to use multiple IP addresses. This is in error, and does not coincide with the requirements outlined for Windows 2000 Server. I have tested configurations with 1 NIC and multiple IP addresses, with no problems.

Overall, this reads like a typical MS Press book, which means it won't be the most exciting book ever, it will give you large amounts of information on the topic. They also have gotten better about making the material presented more useful.

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Summary: A Typical Microsoft Press Style
Review: This documentation set provides you almost every thing you need to setup and administrate the IIS 5.0. You can only make use of this set effectively if you have good understanding of Windows NT. An excellent soure for web administrators/programmer.

Rating:
Summary: Great reference book
Review: You can also get all of this information from Microsoft's web site. It is convenient to have all of the information in one place, so it may be worth the money.

Also, typical of Microsoft documentation, there isn't a lot of detailed information. Instead there are general overviews on concepts with small detours into simple actions. This can be good or bad, but mostly comes off as incredibly dry.

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Summary: All the information is together, but . . .
Review: You can also get all of this information from Microsoft's web site. It is convenient to have all of the information in one place, so it may be worth the money.

Also, typical of Microsoft documentation, there isn't a lot of detailed information. Instead there are general overviews on concepts with small detours into simple actions. This can be good or bad, but mostly comes off as incredibly dry.