Internet information services used for web server, Internet Information Service built in component of windows server 2003 that it is allows access to resources on the server through various Internet protocols, such as POP3 IMAP4, HTTP SMTP and FTP.
Internet Information Service 7.5 as support operating system windows server 2008, it is latest update to the Internet information service 7.0 server
Internet Information Service contents are:-
1Versions
2 Histories
3 Microsoft Web Platform Installer
4 Securities
5 Authentication Mechanisms
6 Versions 7.0
7 Versions 7.5
8 IIS Media Pack
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
Internet Information Service Support Versions are:-
IIS 1.0, Windows NT 3.51 available as a free add-on
IIS 2.0, Windows NT 4.0
IIS 3.0, Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3
IIS 4.0, Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack
IIS 5.0, Windows 2000
IIS 5.1, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Media Center Edition
IIS 6.0, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
IIS 7.0, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Editions)
IIS 7.5, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Beta) and Windows 7 (Beta)
Microsoft Internet Information Service 7.0 is latest version of their web server, Internet information service has been designed to most secure and flexible web and application plat form from Microsoft.
Internet Information Service media Pack is a set of a free modules for forwarding digital audio and video files from Internet information service 7.0 web server. The Internet Information service media pack provides cost saving and control benefit of streaming media server to web server to delivery of medial files.
Microsoft Web Installer platform is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform including are:
IIS
Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition
SQL Server 2008 Express Edition
Microsoft .NET Framework
Silver light Tools for Visual Studio
Supported Operating Systems as is : Windows Vista RTM, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 Supported Architectures: x86 and 64-bit.
Authentication Mechanisms:-
Internet Information Service supports the following authentication mechanisms:
Basic access authentication
Digest access authentication
Integrated Windows Authentication
.NET Passport Authentication
Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Cisco Into Server Computer Market
On Monday, Cisco ended months of speculation by revealing its first server computer at the company’s headquarters here. The product encroaches on the turf of Cisco’s traditional partners like Hewlett-Packard, I.B.M. and Dell, which have sold billions of dollars of computers over the years that flank Cisco’s core networking hardware, routers and switches. But John T. Chambers, the chief executive at Cisco, insisted the time was right for the company to turn more aggressive.
“What we are really talking about here is catching the next market evolution,” Mr. Chambers said, during a news conference.
Mr. Chambers said the rise of virtualization software has created the need for new types of server computers. Virtualization software, made popular by VMware, lets businesses run more software applications on each physical server, helping them save on capital costs.
Virtualization also muddies the boundaries between servers, storage systems and networking equipment, which must now deal with more fluid virtual applications rather than dedicated software.
With its Unified Computing System, Cisco bundles server, storage and networking systems in a single product. Cisco says it can run hundreds of virtual servers on a single machine.
Analysts said the product is the biggest strategic shift in the server market to occur in years. “This is definitely a transformative play,” said James Staten, an analyst at Forrester Research, who attended the Cisco news conference. “This is war and a direct frontal assault on I.B.M. and H.P.”
While servers are far less profitable than networking equipment, Cisco has worked with software makers like VMware and BMC to sell software and hardware together in order to command some of the highest profit margins in the server industry.
Source: nytimes
“What we are really talking about here is catching the next market evolution,” Mr. Chambers said, during a news conference.
Mr. Chambers said the rise of virtualization software has created the need for new types of server computers. Virtualization software, made popular by VMware, lets businesses run more software applications on each physical server, helping them save on capital costs.
Virtualization also muddies the boundaries between servers, storage systems and networking equipment, which must now deal with more fluid virtual applications rather than dedicated software.
With its Unified Computing System, Cisco bundles server, storage and networking systems in a single product. Cisco says it can run hundreds of virtual servers on a single machine.
Analysts said the product is the biggest strategic shift in the server market to occur in years. “This is definitely a transformative play,” said James Staten, an analyst at Forrester Research, who attended the Cisco news conference. “This is war and a direct frontal assault on I.B.M. and H.P.”
While servers are far less profitable than networking equipment, Cisco has worked with software makers like VMware and BMC to sell software and hardware together in order to command some of the highest profit margins in the server industry.
Source: nytimes
Monday, March 16, 2009
Server Migration Solution for Windows Server
Microsoft is already providing customers running its Windows Server operating system with the necessary resources to streamline the process of migrating not only server roles, but also operating system settings, and even data to Windows 7 Server (Windows Server 2008 R2). The Server Migration solution for Windows Server 2008 R2 is, according to the Redmond company, the one-stop-shop for all the resources necessary to migrate from Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2008 R2.
“Server role migration guides - we currently have migration guides for the top 5 server roles (AD DS, DNS Server, DHCP Server, File Services, and Print Services), and for BranchCache, a new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2. Our guides provide you with step-by-step instructions to migrate server roles or features end to end,” revealed a member of the Windows Server Division. “Windows Server Migration Tools - we also provide you a set of Windows PowerShell cmdlets to help you automate migration steps. Migration cmdlets currently support two server roles and one feature (DHCP, FSRM and BranchCache), operating system settings (IP configuration, local users and groups), and data (with NTFS and share permissions).”
Windows Server 2008 R2 is indeed still far from finalization, but the software giant has already made the jump to the successor of Windows Server 2008. According to the Redmond company a single box out of the servers powering Microsoft.com is still running Windows Server 2008, with the rest having been upgraded to Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta.
“The Windows Server Migration Tools, and most migration guides, support cross-architecture migrations (x86-based to x64-based computing platforms), migrations between physical and virtual environments, and migrations between both the full and Server Core installation options of the Windows Server operating system, where available,” the Windows Server Division representative added.
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“Server role migration guides - we currently have migration guides for the top 5 server roles (AD DS, DNS Server, DHCP Server, File Services, and Print Services), and for BranchCache, a new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2. Our guides provide you with step-by-step instructions to migrate server roles or features end to end,” revealed a member of the Windows Server Division. “Windows Server Migration Tools - we also provide you a set of Windows PowerShell cmdlets to help you automate migration steps. Migration cmdlets currently support two server roles and one feature (DHCP, FSRM and BranchCache), operating system settings (IP configuration, local users and groups), and data (with NTFS and share permissions).”
Windows Server 2008 R2 is indeed still far from finalization, but the software giant has already made the jump to the successor of Windows Server 2008. According to the Redmond company a single box out of the servers powering Microsoft.com is still running Windows Server 2008, with the rest having been upgraded to Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta.
“The Windows Server Migration Tools, and most migration guides, support cross-architecture migrations (x86-based to x64-based computing platforms), migrations between physical and virtual environments, and migrations between both the full and Server Core installation options of the Windows Server operating system, where available,” the Windows Server Division representative added.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
SP2 RC for Vista and Server 2008 Goes Public
Microsoft today released the Release Candidate build of Service Pack 2 (6002.16670.090130) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to the public. You can grab the standalone installer package from the Microsoft Download Center for 32-bit five languages and 32-bit all languages, 64-bit five languages and 64-bit all languages, as well as Itanium five languages and Itanium all languages. If you have Vista in English, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish, download the five languages package, otherwise get the larger "all language" version. There is also a five language and an all language .iso image available, as well as a patch that will allow you to get it via Windows Update. While this is a public release, it is still a Release Candidate, and Microsoft is recommending that the average customer "wait until the final release prior to installing this service pack" and reminding testers that "a Service Pack is not a feature release—we are not looking for new feature suggestions, only SP2 regressions, crashes, and confirmation of fixes we've made will be considered for this milestone."
The public release follows the release of the build to Microsoft Connect testers two weeks ago. The full list of the 691 hotfixes included in the service pack was made available then, and Microsoft detailed the various improvements the service pack contains. That information later appeared on the official Windows Blog, so if you're interested in the exact breakdown of application compatibility improvements, hardware ecosystem support and enhancements, operating system experience updates, enterprise improvements, as well as setup and deployment improvements, head over there for the official details.
As with previous service packs, SP2 will include all previous updates and patches for the operating system (for example, SP2 marks the inclusion of Hyper-V into Windows Server 2008 natively) as well as significant performance improvements (on top of those in SP1).
It's also worth noting that there are known issues with this build:
* Application compatibility:
o The operating system security settings will incorrectly show some versions of certain antivirus applications as inactive when they are not. Two applications known to be affected are all versions of Avira AntiVir prior to and including 8.2.0.611 and all versions of Trend Micro Internet Security prior to version 17. There is no workaround at this time for those application versions. More recent versions of these applications are not affected.
o Security Innovation Holodeck 2.8.0 (enterprise edition) may unexpectedly quit. There is no workaround at this time.
* Internet Information Services: If a Web application or service attempts to access Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) remotely using an Internet Information Services 7.0 process that runs under the application pool identity, the access will fail. To avoid this, run the process under a different identity, such as Network Service.
* SQL Server 2008: This issue affects Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter. If you attempt to install SQL Server 2008 on a failover cluster, the installation will fail. If you are affected by this, have a look at the details and workaround.
SP2's main requirement that SP1 is already installed. Some have said that this is because SP2 is not yet finalized, but it has been confirmed that the final version of SP2 will still have SP1 as a prerequisite. The reason for this is size. Microsoft wants the size of SP2 to be smaller Server 2008 shipped with SP1 already installed, including the contents of the SP1 client code, which would make the Server deployments even bigger. SP2 applies to both the client and server versions of Windows because Microsoft adopted a single serviceability model to minimize deployment. Also, by releasing one single service pack, Microsoft has less testing to do, since Vista and Server 2008 have the same binaries for all common files, making for a quicker release.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/sp2-rc-for-vista-and-server-2008-goes-public.ars
The public release follows the release of the build to Microsoft Connect testers two weeks ago. The full list of the 691 hotfixes included in the service pack was made available then, and Microsoft detailed the various improvements the service pack contains. That information later appeared on the official Windows Blog, so if you're interested in the exact breakdown of application compatibility improvements, hardware ecosystem support and enhancements, operating system experience updates, enterprise improvements, as well as setup and deployment improvements, head over there for the official details.
As with previous service packs, SP2 will include all previous updates and patches for the operating system (for example, SP2 marks the inclusion of Hyper-V into Windows Server 2008 natively) as well as significant performance improvements (on top of those in SP1).
It's also worth noting that there are known issues with this build:
* Application compatibility:
o The operating system security settings will incorrectly show some versions of certain antivirus applications as inactive when they are not. Two applications known to be affected are all versions of Avira AntiVir prior to and including 8.2.0.611 and all versions of Trend Micro Internet Security prior to version 17. There is no workaround at this time for those application versions. More recent versions of these applications are not affected.
o Security Innovation Holodeck 2.8.0 (enterprise edition) may unexpectedly quit. There is no workaround at this time.
* Internet Information Services: If a Web application or service attempts to access Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) remotely using an Internet Information Services 7.0 process that runs under the application pool identity, the access will fail. To avoid this, run the process under a different identity, such as Network Service.
* SQL Server 2008: This issue affects Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter. If you attempt to install SQL Server 2008 on a failover cluster, the installation will fail. If you are affected by this, have a look at the details and workaround.
SP2's main requirement that SP1 is already installed. Some have said that this is because SP2 is not yet finalized, but it has been confirmed that the final version of SP2 will still have SP1 as a prerequisite. The reason for this is size. Microsoft wants the size of SP2 to be smaller Server 2008 shipped with SP1 already installed, including the contents of the SP1 client code, which would make the Server deployments even bigger. SP2 applies to both the client and server versions of Windows because Microsoft adopted a single serviceability model to minimize deployment. Also, by releasing one single service pack, Microsoft has less testing to do, since Vista and Server 2008 have the same binaries for all common files, making for a quicker release.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/sp2-rc-for-vista-and-server-2008-goes-public.ars
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Microsoft to Strip Windows Server 2008 RC1 of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Microsoft is currently cooking some modifications for the next stage of Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn. In this regard, the company informed that Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 will be stripped from Windows Server 2008. Those familiar with the development milestones of Microsoft's last 32-bit server operating system have had a chance to see that Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 has so far been a component of the product included by default in the platform. Julius Sinkevicius, Senior Product Manager, Windows Server Division, revealed, that with the upcoming testing release of Windows Server 2008, this will no longer be the case.
"As we're getting closer to release, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is returning to how it was previously available to Windows Server 2008 customers. Specifically, we are going back to making it available as a separate download that is available to customers at no additional charge. This is how Windows SharePoint Services was available to Windows Server 2003 customers (pre-R2). With the beta and RC0 versions of Windows Server 2008, we offered it in the Windows Server 2008 software. Starting with RC1 and going forward, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 will have to be downloaded separately," Sinkevicius explained.
Joel Oleson, Microsoft Sr. Technical Product Manager, confirmed that, indeed, WSS 3.0 will not be made available as a component of Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 1. Microsoft is currently offering for download the Release Candidate 0 of the server operating system. Windows Server 2008 is planned to be released to manufacturing in early 2008 and for official release in late February of the next year.
"We made this decision to allow customers to most conveniently obtain the technology while allowing Microsoft to have flexibility in the Windows SharePoint Services development process. If you have not looked at WSS 3.0, be sure to download it and peek around. It offers great collaboration, social computing and document management features and provides a rich composite application development platform based on our .NET technologies", Sinkevicius added.
Source:http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Strip-Windows-Server-2008-RC1-69472.shtml
"As we're getting closer to release, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is returning to how it was previously available to Windows Server 2008 customers. Specifically, we are going back to making it available as a separate download that is available to customers at no additional charge. This is how Windows SharePoint Services was available to Windows Server 2003 customers (pre-R2). With the beta and RC0 versions of Windows Server 2008, we offered it in the Windows Server 2008 software. Starting with RC1 and going forward, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 will have to be downloaded separately," Sinkevicius explained.
Joel Oleson, Microsoft Sr. Technical Product Manager, confirmed that, indeed, WSS 3.0 will not be made available as a component of Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 1. Microsoft is currently offering for download the Release Candidate 0 of the server operating system. Windows Server 2008 is planned to be released to manufacturing in early 2008 and for official release in late February of the next year.
"We made this decision to allow customers to most conveniently obtain the technology while allowing Microsoft to have flexibility in the Windows SharePoint Services development process. If you have not looked at WSS 3.0, be sure to download it and peek around. It offers great collaboration, social computing and document management features and provides a rich composite application development platform based on our .NET technologies", Sinkevicius added.
Source:http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Strip-Windows-Server-2008-RC1-69472.shtml
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
CyberPower Launches compact Windows Home Server
The hardware specs aren’t bad either featuring a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom processor, 2GB of DDR2 Memory, 7200 RPM SATA-II HDD, Gigabit Ethernet, and S-Video & Audio output support via its Intel GMA 950 mainboard. Full press release below.
CyberPower Inc., a manufacturer of custom gaming machines, notebook systems, and high performance workstations, today announced its Windows Home Server 100 – a small form factor home-based server that allows users to easily access their files, photos, videos and music in their home or remotely. With CyberPower’s Windows Home Server 100 users can protect, connect to, and organize their digital data, and also expand their storage needs with very little effort.
Windows Home Server 100 was designed for households and home-based businesses that have more than one personal computer. This energy-saving server can automatically complete the daily backup of your computers on a home network, which allows users to restore a single file or an entire PC. Users can now access files at home, in the office, or even on the road. The CyberPower Windows Home Server 100 also features a secure and personalized website address, which allows users to organize their digital media in a central location to make it easier to share photos, music, and home videos.
CyberPower Windows Home Server 100 features include Intel’s energy-saving ATOM 330 Dual Core CPU (45nm, FSB 533MHz, 1.6GHz, 1 MB L2) on the Intel’s Mini-ITX mainboard with Intel GMA 950 & S-video output support, 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet, ALC662 High Definition Audio, a 500GB SATA-II hard drive, 2GBs of PC2-4200 DDR2-533 memory and Microsoft Windows 2003 Server OEM version. List price of this configuration is $399.
The CyberPower Windows Home Server 100 is available direct from CyberPower and can be customized from the company web site with numerous component options. All CyberPower computer systems come with a 3-year limited warranty and free lifetime labor and phone support.
Source: http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/02/cyberpower-launches-compact-windows-home-server-100/
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Microsoft Exchange Server Hosting Outsourced for Versions 2007 and 2003
MS Exchange Server 2007 has a long list of features that truly benefit its users. Security is one of the major concerns, when it comes to email, data, and computers. When you buy MS Exchange Server or its hosting equivalent, you can be little relaxed and keeps your worries aside with respect to security. Exchange Server 2007 includes exceptional security enhancements to fortify all data. Destructive and damaging threats including virus spam, hackers and firewall infiltration could be easily prevented by using this server for handling business e-mail.
Considering all these benefits and advantages, Microsoft Exchange Server, hosted or in-house, may be considered as the best and trustworthy business communication and mail management software. The e-mail system is completely protected and users can avail complete utilization of their desktop. The value added benefits of Exchange Server include calendaring, e-mail, contacts, tasks, mobile support, data storage, easy web based access and several more.
An earlier product, the MS Exchange Server 2003 made its debut earlier in the decade and established itself firmly in many companies. Microsoft Exchange 2003 can be executed on 32 Bit Win Server 2003 and Win 2000 Server. The Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 was designed with several compatibility modes, which allowed the users to move on to the new system. Exchange Server 2003 is available primarily in two branded versions. One is the Standard Edition, whereas the other is the Enterprise Edition. Both versions have their own quality features and pricing and you can decide which will the best match for your requirements.
A recently introduced MS Exchange product is the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. With extensive new features, this server was released in the end of 2006 to benefit all business consumers. Microsoft Exchange 2007 was formulated with new clustering options, voice mail integration, 64 bit support intended for better scalability, integrated search with web, enhanced filtering options and the latest Outlook Interface. Like any other hosted or dedicated exchange server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, comes with well tested list of features. Here are some benefits of MS Exchange Server 2007:
Remarkable reduction of virus, spam and hackers
eliability and easy communication flow
Improved productivity with quick work response
Seamless interface of new style of Outlook
Easy integration of Exchange Server Data with Web Services
Source: http://www.articlebiz.com/article/282284-1-microsoft-exchange-server-hosting-outsourced-for-versions-2007-and-2003/
Considering all these benefits and advantages, Microsoft Exchange Server, hosted or in-house, may be considered as the best and trustworthy business communication and mail management software. The e-mail system is completely protected and users can avail complete utilization of their desktop. The value added benefits of Exchange Server include calendaring, e-mail, contacts, tasks, mobile support, data storage, easy web based access and several more.
An earlier product, the MS Exchange Server 2003 made its debut earlier in the decade and established itself firmly in many companies. Microsoft Exchange 2003 can be executed on 32 Bit Win Server 2003 and Win 2000 Server. The Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 was designed with several compatibility modes, which allowed the users to move on to the new system. Exchange Server 2003 is available primarily in two branded versions. One is the Standard Edition, whereas the other is the Enterprise Edition. Both versions have their own quality features and pricing and you can decide which will the best match for your requirements.
A recently introduced MS Exchange product is the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. With extensive new features, this server was released in the end of 2006 to benefit all business consumers. Microsoft Exchange 2007 was formulated with new clustering options, voice mail integration, 64 bit support intended for better scalability, integrated search with web, enhanced filtering options and the latest Outlook Interface. Like any other hosted or dedicated exchange server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, comes with well tested list of features. Here are some benefits of MS Exchange Server 2007:
Remarkable reduction of virus, spam and hackers
eliability and easy communication flow
Improved productivity with quick work response
Seamless interface of new style of Outlook
Easy integration of Exchange Server Data with Web Services
Source: http://www.articlebiz.com/article/282284-1-microsoft-exchange-server-hosting-outsourced-for-versions-2007-and-2003/
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