Internet Information Services 7.0

Infrastructure Planning and Design Series

What Is IPD?

Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) provides planning and design guidance that aims to clarify and streamline the planning and design process for Microsoft infrastructure technologies.

IPD:Defines decision flowDescribes decisions to be madeRelates decisions and options for the businessFrames additional questions for business understanding

IPD guides are available at www.microsoft.com/ipd

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INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES 7.0

Getting Started

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Purpose and Overview

Purpose

To provide guidance for designing an IIS 7.0

infrastructure

Agenda

IIS 7.0 features

IIS 7.0 infrastructure design process

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IIS Overview

Part 1 – Assess Applications

Part 2 – Design IIS

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IIS Decision Flow

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Start

Step 1: Determine

project scope

Step 2:Characterize the

applications

Step 3:Determine the

Windows Server 2008 edition and installation mode

Step 4:Determine

location for configuration and content

storage

Step 5:Determine fault

tolerance for the infrastructure

End

Step 6:Determine server

resource requirements

Step 1: Determine the Project Scope

Divide large projects into smaller,

repeatable units

Use large-project discipline, even on small

projects

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Step 2: Characterize the Applications

Software Requirements

Isolation Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Number of Users

Planned Growth

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Step 3: Determine Windows Server 2008 Edition and Installation Mode

OS Version

32-bit

64-bit

Installation Mode

Full Installation (Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter)

Core Installation

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Step 4: Determine the Location in Which to Store Configuration and Content

Determine where to store configuration and content

Local Storage

Remote File Shares

Determine storage requirements

Capacity

Performance

Determine storage fault tolerance

Built-In (Network Attached)

File Replication

Server Clustering

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Step 5: Determine Fault Tolerance for the Infrastructure

Software NLB

Hardware NLB

Additional Services

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Step 6: Determine Server Resource Requirements

Virtualization?

Physical Hardware

Virtual Machine

Number of Instances

Scaling

CPU

Memory

Network

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Conclusion

Location

Implementation Method

Server Platform

Server Resources

Fault Tolerance

This guide offers major architectural guidance. Refer to product documentation for additional details.

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All the IPD guides are available at www.microsoft.com/ipd

Questions?