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Microsoft IIS 10.0 Cookbook

By : Ashraf Khan
5 (1)
Book Image

Microsoft IIS 10.0 Cookbook

5 (1)
By: Ashraf Khan

Overview of this book

This book will start with customizing your IIS 10 to various platforms/OS and tune it according to your business requirements. Moving on, we will focus on the functionalities of core fundamentals and perform practical scenarios in order to maximize the use of a reliable web server. Going further we will be covering topics like IIS 10 architecture, IIS modules,hosting web server platforms, virtual directories along with web site deployment, ports, enhanced security. We will also cover new features of IIS 10 like integration with Windows Server 2016 and Nano Server, HTTP/2, PowerShell 5 cmdlets etc . Towards the end, we will cover troubleshooting & diagnostic techniques of IIS 10. By the end of this book you will be well versed with maximizing the reliability of your webserver and will have immense knowledge in using IIS 10 effectively
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Introduction

A virtual directory is a friendly name, or alias, for a physical directory on your IIS Server hard drive that does not reside in the home directory. Because an alias is usually shorter than the path of the physical directory, it is more convenient for users to type. A virtual directory appears to client browsers as if it is in the web server's root directory, even though it can physically reside somewhere else.

A virtual directory can be used for different websites' physical folders or different folders of the same website. A virtual directory's physical location can be on the same IIS server or a different server, and we can mount it on an existing website.

For example, you have website pages at different locations in IIS server, such as d:VD. You can create a virtual directory and use it in an existing website. If you have a different web application...