TABLE OF CONTENTS It has been said time and time again, there is no perfection in software. The entire planning process is focused on mitigating risks, avoiding pitfalls, and succeeding at all costs. In short, there is no perfect plan for moving from IIS 6.0 to 7.0. Guaranteed successes or failures in your planning or risk assessments just don t exist. At the end of the day, your success will be measured by how effective you leverage what is offered in the box for IIS 7.0. So study your current environment, understand your present dependencies on IIS features, and those non-IIS features your developer knows about. Using these as your building blocks, develop a step-by-step plan that takes the shortest yet most concise route to IIS 7.0. With the knowledge gained in this book, you will be well on your way to effectively deploying the most secure, powerful, and manageable Web server ever released by Microsoft.
| BEST PRACTICES ACCORDING TO MICROSOFT | At the time of this writing, Microsoft was still actively working on IIS 7.0. The release of Windows Vista with IIS 7.0 offers a full Web server, though one that will change. It is because of this that Microsoft recommends IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista for development and learning purposes only not for any true deployment scenarios. The release of Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 had primary changes in IIS 7.0 directed towards deployment. You should evaluate this version of IIS 7.0 to understand migrating to IIS 7.0 from IIS 6.0. |
