ASP.NET Administration

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

Important

This feature is not available on Windows XP 64-Bit Edition and the 64-bit versions of the Windows Server™ 2003 family. For more information, see "Features unavailable on 64-bit versions of the Windows Server family" in Help and Support Center for Windows 2003.

This document is for administrators responsible for establishing and maintaining Microsoft® ASP.NET applications on production servers. It covers common concepts and tasks that administrators need to be familiar with, from setting up ASP.NET on server computers to monitoring ASP.NET applications once they are deployed.

This section includes the following information:

• Overview of ASP.NET Setup: Describes how to install and uninstall ASP.NET on the platforms that support it and how to identify and solve common problems with a new ASP.NET installation.

• Overview of ASP.NET Web Applications: Defines ASP.NET applications and the file types and directories they contain.

• Overview of ASP.NET Configuration: Describes how to configure ASP.NET applications and includes reference information about each of the ASP.NET configuration elements.

• Overview of ASP.NET Security: Describes how to work with authorization and authentication in ASP.NET applications.

• Overview of ASP.NET Deployment: Describes how to distribute ASP.NET applications and components from development and test servers to production servers.

• Overview of ASP.NET Process Isolation: Describes the process models that Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 and ASP.NET use.

• Overview of ASP.NET Performance Monitoring: Describes the tools available to monitor the performance of your ASP.NET applications and includes a list of performance counters that are exposed by ASP.NET.

• Additional Resources for ASP.NET: Contains a list of other sources of information about administering ASP.NET applications.