This certification exam measures your ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot
information systems that incorporate Internet Information Server version 3.0 and Index Server
version 1.1. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the following job skills.
Planning
- Plan security for various situations. Security options include:
- Controlling anonymous access
- Controlling access to known users and groups
- Controlling access by host or network
- Setting up Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to provide encryption and authentication schemes
- Plan an Internet site or intranet site for stand-alone servers,
single-domain environments, and multiple-domain environments. Tasks include:
- Choosing services
- Resolving naming issues by using WINS or DNS, or both
Installation and Configuration
- Install Internet Information Server.
- Install Index Server.
- Configure Internet Information Server to support FTP. Tasks include:
- Setting user connections
- Setting user logon requirements and authentication requirements
- Setting welcome messages and exit messages
- Modifying port settings
- Setting directory listing style
- Setting up virtual directories on other servers
- Configure Internet Information Server to support connection to the World Wide Web. Tasks include:
- Setting user connections
- Setting user logon requirements and authentication requirements
- Modifying port settings
- Setting default pages
- Configure network settings.
Managing Resources
- Create and share directories with appropriate permissions. Tasks include:
- Setting directory-level permissions
- Setting file-level permissions
- Auditing document access
- Create and share local and remote virtual directories with appropriate permissions. Tasks include:
- Creating a virtual directory and assigning an alias
- Setting directory-level permissions
- Setting file-level permissions
- Create and share local and remote servers with appropriate permissions. Tasks include:
- Setting up multiple IP addresses
- Assigning IP addresses
- Mapping virtual server names to IP addresses by using DNS
Connectivity
- Configure Internet Information Server to connect to a database. Tasks include:
- Installing and configuring Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
- Creating an Internet Database Connector (IDC) file
- Configure Internet Information Server to connect to Index Server. Tasks include:
- Specifying query parameters by creating the Internet Data Query (IDQ) file
- Specifying how the query results are formatted and displayed to the user by creating the HTML extension (HTX) file
Running Applications
- Extend Internet Information Server to run Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts.
- Extend Internet Information Server to run Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) applications.
Monitoring and Optimization
- Maintain a log for fine-tuning purposes.
- Monitor performance of various functions by using Performance Monitor. Functions include:
- HTTP sessions
- FTP sessions
- Analyze performance. Performance issues include:
- Identifying bottlenecks
- Network-related performance issues
- Disk-related performance issues
- CPU-related performance issues
- Optimize performance of Internet Information Server.
- Optimize performance of Index Server.
Troubleshooting
- Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve Internet Information Server configuration problems.
- Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve security problems.
- Choose the appropriate course of action to take when users cannot access a resource.
- Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve Index Server query problems.
October 31th 1997, Hannes Reisinger