2 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Not what I thoughtFriday, September 12, 2003
Not very technical. If you're a beginner this book helps get your feet wet. If you any experience with IIS look elsewhere.
Byron Giles
www.gilestechgroup.com
5 out of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Nothing Beyond the SurfaceSaturday, August 10, 2002
Although this title does cover what it promises to cover with daily administration and configuration, the book never presents more information other than what you could have learned from reading the on-line IIS help file that is provided by Microsoft when you install IIS 5.0. It is nice to have the reference in print and it is very comprehensive in that it does cover the aspects of IIS, from configuring each of the major services (WWW, FTP, SMTP and NNTP), to using the Index Service, SSL, ASP (an introduction to the concept) and adjusting performance. But it never goes deeper than explaining each component of the dialog boxes IIS gives you and the general information needed to understand how the section relates to IIS as a whole.
If you're looking for a comprehensive introduction into IIS 5, this is a great place to find it. But If already know the basics, and are looking for something that will help you master IIS 5, you should look elsewhere.
11 out of 18 people found the following review helpful:
There are no good IIS booksTuesday, December 18, 2001
You have to buy them all anyway so shut up and just do it. But somebody ought to start using editors (real ones!) and illustrators (lots of them) and present information in more ways than mere regurgitations of the software's HELP section.
There has to be something better. Call me when you find it.
6 out of 11 people found the following review helpful:
Did what it promisedWednesday, May 16, 2001
While not highly technical, the book delivered on its promise. With no experience, I installed IIS 5.0 on W2k Server and published a website. The whole process took about a day, including reading the book.
16 out of 21 people found the following review helpful:
worse than uselessTuesday, April 17, 2001
This book is meant to teach you how to use IIS 5. It says on the back "Everything you need to know to maximise IIS 5.0..". This is completely untrue. This book teaches you nothing about the latest features of IIS, for example, it have virtually nothing on ASP. It is not comprehensive enough to be a reference manual, nor is it written in a format that would make it easy to read from start to finish like a study guide. It is not one of those books where you can read a single chapter and get an understanding of that subject. It is like written like a Microsoft study guide (contradiction in terms) but without any detail, so I can't really see who would benefit from this book at all. I would say wholly useless and award it 0 stars if that was possible.