Configuring Web Service Protocols in Windows Server 2008

Overview/Description
Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0 enable users to upload and download files and to send e-mail via the company web server. These features are made possible by two optional components in Windows Server 2008; the FTP service and the SMTP service. This course covers the configuration of both services, the benefits and requirements of each, along with important security and authentication configurations that ensure a level of security to meet your company standards. This course is one in a series that covers the objectives for Microsoft exam 70-643: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring. Passing this exam completes the requirements for the MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration certification, and counts as credit towards the following exams: Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator.

Target Audience
The audience for this path includes administrators who are rolling out and supporting Windows Server 2008 in the enterprise. The audience also includes individuals seeking certification on Microsoft's new generation server platform.

Prerequisites
As an exam prerequisite, any candidate should have a minimum of one year of experience implementing and administering a network operating system in an environment that has the following characteristics: • 250 to 5,000 or more users • three or more physical locations • three or more domain controllers • network services and resources such as messaging, a database, file and print, a proxy server, a firewall, the Internet, an intranet, remote access, and client computer management • connectivity requirements such as connecting branch offices and individual users in remote locations to the corporate network and connecting corporate networks to the Internet

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Configuring Web Service Protocols in Windows Server 2008

install the FTP server

provision an FTP site

configure user access and permissions

configure user access and permissions via the IIS Manager permissions

select the appropriate FTP user isolation option

provision an FTP site

configure user access and permission

select the appropriate FTP User Isolation option

enable the SMTP feature in Windows Server 2008

create a new SMTP virtual server

create a new domain

configure an SMTP virtual server

secure the SMTP virtual server

recognize the three types of authentication supported by SMTP server

configure encryption for outgoing messages

configure the relay restrictions on the SMTP server

recognize the purpose of LDAP routing

configure the SMTP virtual server

configure SMTP relay restrictions