This book is a complete reference to IIS 8---both for developers and administrators. In addition to covering the common administrative tasks, this book will take an in depth look at IIS 8 extensibility and operations management. This information will be pulled from people running major intranets and web hosting facilities. The book will differentiate itself from other IIS 8 books by: Covering administration options beyond GUI tools, including the usage of the Powershell provider and AppCmd tool, and other automated options. This will cater for the growing usage of Server Core as a web hosting platform, as well as enterprise environments, where automated/scripted administration is a requirement The inclusion of sections where developers, or developer-oriented SysAdmins can extend IIS 8.0 using ISAPI or HTTPModules The inclusion of content around management processes, operations procedures and monitoring Delving deeply into topics such as security protocols (Kerberos, NTLM, PKI/SSL), high availability/load balancing which are generally deemed to be too complex for other IIS books. As with the current edition, the book will also show admins and developers how to: Automate administrative tasks. Monitor and manage an IIS environment, including MOF (Microsoft Operations Framework) and MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager). Debug and troubleshoot IIS. Few people (outside Microsoft) have the necessary information on available tools and how to use them effectively. Secure the IIS environment Extend IIS 8. Master advanced topics (such as Network Load Balancing/High Availability) that are not covered by other books. Our author team has experience in large scale IIS hosting that few others do.