IIS 6.0 Deployment Guide

Welcome to Deploying Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0.

IIS 6.0 provides the services to support a secure, available, and scalable Web server on which to run your Web sites and applications. This guide provides prescriptive, task-based, and scenario-based guidance to help you design an IIS 6.0 solution that meets the specific needs of your organization. Deployment scenarios include installing a new Web server, upgrading an existing Web server from an earlier version of IIS, and migrating existing Apache or IIS Web sites and applications to a newly installed Web server.

IIS 6.0 Deployment Guide Index

This guide contains the following sections:

Overview of Deploying IIS 6.0

Deploying ASP.NET Applications in IIS 6.0

Securing Web Sites and Applications

Ensuring Application Availability

Upgrading an IIS Server to IIS 6.0

Migrating IIS Web Sites to IIS 6.0

Migrating Apache Web Sites to IIS 6.0

Appendix A: IIS Deployment Procedures

Appendix B: Changes to Metabase Properties in IIS 6.0

Appendix C: Choosing a Cluster Technology for IIS 6.0

Appendix D: Running 32-bit Applications on 64-bit Windows

Appendix E: Unattended Setup