Common tasks for administration of IIS 6.0

This article outlines important information about how to perform common tasks in Internet Information Services(IIS) 6.0. The links in the "More Information" section of this article direct you to the online documentation for IIS 6.0.

For more information about how to perform common IIS 6.0 administration tasks, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

• Enabling Windows Server extensions
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/596ff388-bc4c-472f-b029-aea2b0418bea.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/596ff388-bc4c-472f-b029-aea2b0418bea.mspx)
• Enabling Web service extensions using Iisext.vbs
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b653d2c9-8c92-480e-b9e4-92fcc63dfa40.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b653d2c9-8c92-480e-b9e4-92fcc63dfa40.mspx)
• Creating a Web site or an FTP site
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/429f31e9-46dd-4984-908f-ead2b00cef4a.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/429f31e9-46dd-4984-908f-ead2b00cef4a.mspx)
• Create a virtual directory
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b20a24a9-c472-44cc-a75b-ffe02989012b.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b20a24a9-c472-44cc-a75b-ffe02989012b.mspx)
• Authentication in IIS 6.0
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/9b619620-4f88-488b-8243-e6bc7caf61ad.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/9b619620-4f88-488b-8243-e6bc7caf61ad.mspx)
• Creating application pools in IIS 6.0
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/e0963d53-3361-498e-8b34-50b69646f48d.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/e0963d53-3361-498e-8b34-50b69646f48d.mspx)
• Creating and isolating applications in IIS 6.0
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b5488995-fa99-460f-96d7-29d1ddcf3fac.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b5488995-fa99-460f-96d7-29d1ddcf3fac.mspx)
• Obtaining and backing up SSL certificates
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/8d3bb71a-0a7f-443f-8084-908d0dab9caa.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/8d3bb71a-0a7f-443f-8084-908d0dab9caa.mspx)
• Backing up and restoring the metabase in IIS 6.0
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d40b56ee-90d4-45e1-9b82-4aaea90eb02e.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d40b56ee-90d4-45e1-9b82-4aaea90eb02e.mspx)
• Redirecting Web sites in IIS 6.0
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/6b855a7a-0884-4508-ba95-079f38c77017.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/6b855a7a-0884-4508-ba95-079f38c77017.mspx)
• Hosting multiple Web sites
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/e7a21b1f-ab13-47f2-8c61-b09cf14a7cb3.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/e7a21b1f-ab13-47f2-8c61-b09cf14a7cb3.mspx)
• Assigning resources to applications in IIS 6.0
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/2a046703-8418-4347-9e2c-92489d2a6ab4.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/2a046703-8418-4347-9e2c-92489d2a6ab4.mspx)
• Controlling access to applications in IIS 6.0
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/2d389ea5-6232-4b38-89a8-4711e9e0fb1a.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/2d389ea5-6232-4b38-89a8-4711e9e0fb1a.mspx)
• Enabling ASP.NET
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/44f16c37-f727-4244-9813-2289e13dadba.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/44f16c37-f727-4244-9813-2289e13dadba.mspx)
• Enabling ASP pages in IIS 6.0
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/453cbc7c-942d-42c7-a10d-cf8703cc526b.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/453cbc7c-942d-42c7-a10d-cf8703cc526b.mspx)
• Saving configurations
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/00ff8768-0495-4fd4-87dc-1d2cb6f9f232.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/00ff8768-0495-4fd4-87dc-1d2cb6f9f232.mspx)
• Saving configurations to disk using Iiscnfg.vbs
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/65e1823e-7863-4ecf-92b0-d75e052bdbb8.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/65e1823e-7863-4ecf-92b0-d75e052bdbb8.mspx)
• Starting and stopping services
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/95826e7a-bac4-4e1f-bcb6-c52d49c9d7f4.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/95826e7a-bac4-4e1f-bcb6-c52d49c9d7f4.mspx)
• Configure application pool recycling
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/1eee28e2-b319-4b4e-8267-a8c0aa0dcf36.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/1eee28e2-b319-4b4e-8267-a8c0aa0dcf36.mspx)
• Administering servers from the command line in IIS 6.0
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b3dd4a96-4b4d-4a49-926e-581f8bf081cd.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b3dd4a96-4b4d-4a49-926e-581f8bf081cd.mspx)
• Administering servers remotely in IIS 6.0
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/aae1d311-103e-4b06-8788-e6b0554d7230.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/aae1d311-103e-4b06-8788-e6b0554d7230.mspx)
• IIS 6.0 documentation
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/848968f3-baa0-46f9-b1e6-ef81dd09b015.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/848968f3-baa0-46f9-b1e6-ef81dd09b015.mspx)

The IIS 6.0 documentation is also available through IIS Manager.

For more information about how to access this Help feature through IIS Manager, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about IIS 6.0, visit the following Microsoft Web site: