1. Module 1: Designing IIS Web Farms

2. 2008 Changes in a Nutshell http://blogs.iis.net/thomad/archive/2008/05/06/in-a-nut- shell-shared-hosting-improvements-on-iis7.aspx http://blogs.iis.net/thomad/archive/2008/05/06/in-a-nut- shell-shared-hosting-improvements-on-iis7.aspx

3. Module 1: Designing IIS Web Farms Overview of Hardware and Platform Options Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability Design Content Storage

4. Lesson 1: Overview of Hardware and Platform Options Evaluate 32 bit vs. 64 bit Choosing the Right Hardware Choosing the OS and IIS Configuration

5. Evaluate 32 bit vs. 64 bit

6. Choosing the OS and IIS Configuration

7. Lesson 2: Design Web Farm Availability and Scalability Design Load Balancing Session State Requirements Shared Offline Configuration Files Xcopy Deployment Design Deployment and Update Plan for FTP, SFTP and SMTP

8. Design Load Balancing

9. Session State Requirements

10. Shared Offline Configuration Files Pros: fast, easy, no DFS Cons: small performance cost, not as robust

11. Xcopy Deployment

12. Design Deployment and Update

13. Plan for FTP, SFTP and SMTP

14. Local Content Storage