Win 2003 Server IIS & DNS video tutorials.

This video tutorial describes how to install Win 2003 server IIS & DNS step by step along with secured website installation (https).
Internet Information Services:-
The internet Information Services (IIS) is Microsoft's addition to the net server arena. If you are jogging on a Windows Server system, this might be the best solution for you to implement. It interfaces cleanly with the Windows Server OS, & you are backed by the support & power of Microsoft. The biggest drawback to this Web server is that Windows Server is expensive. it is not meant for small businesses to run their Web services off, & unless you have all your data in Access & plan to run a solely Web based business, it is much over a beginning Web development team needs. However, it’s connections to ASP.Net & the ease with which you can connect to Access databases make it ideal for Web businesses.
DNS:-
DNS is useful & necessary in all functional active directory networks for this reason it is recommended that the server computer where DNS is installed is secured & isolated from radical modify. To insure that the server is always available be certain that no three makes changes to the server without testing & backing up the configuration. In most cases a successful backup strategy ensures that in the event of a minor mishap or disaster the configuration can be restored on an alternate system. Do not overlook DNS as complex configurations can be difficult to restore without documentation & prior knowledge of destroyed systems. it is always a cool idea to mitigate your risk but splitting the DNS function onto two servers’ three primary & three secondary so that if the three goes down DNS has not lost availability. In terms of integrity you need to ensure that no three but authorized users have access & control over the DNS sever this is important as you do not need your resources abused & miss-configured by intruders that have other designs for you vital naming service. If you are in a high security environment it is essential that this server be locked down as it is an easy target for intruders that need to cause a denial of service on you active directory. It may be a cool idea to only let LAN users that are part of the domain to query your DNS server to ensure confidentiality of your naming conventions & other sensitive information.


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