Microsoft Application Center 2000 Resource Kit 2001

General Information

• Killelea, Patrick. Web Performance Tuning. Cambridge, Massachusetts: O'Reilly & Associates, 1998. Contents also available at http://www.patrick.net/wpt/index.html.
• Microsoft Corporation (Editors). Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit, Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 Resource Guide. Redmond, Washington: Microsoft Press, 2000. In particular see the "Capacity Planning" and "Monitoring and Tuning Your Server" chapters.
• A Blueprint for Building Web Sites Using the Microsoft Windows DNA Platform at http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdn-online/start/features/dnablueprint.asp.
• The Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Capacity and Performance Resource List has a number of articles at http://www.microsoft.com/siteserver/ssrk/rk_list_all_capperf.htm.
• Capacity Model for Internet Transactions at http://www.microsoft.com/siteserver/ssrk/docs/rk_TCA.doc.
• The Microsoft TechNet site for IIS at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/iis/default.asp.
• Maximizing IIS Performance at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/iis/perflink.asp.

Hardware Tuning

• Measuring Hardware Performance of Web Sites by Kathy Ferguson at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/iis/meashd.asp.
• Counters Quick Guide by Kathy Ferguson at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/iis/qguide.asp.

Tools

• The Web Application Stress tool and tutorial are available at http://webtool.rte.microsoft.com/.
• Most of the tools discussed in the document are either available on the Windows 2000 Resource Kit companion CD or are built into the operating system. Please see the Windows 2000 online documentation for information on the latter.

Windows 2000 and IIS Performance and Tuning

• "How To Set Up A Reliable Web Server Using Internet Information Server 5.0 and Windows 2000" at http://www.microsoft.com/SERVAD/events/fall/tnq20005/html/default.htm.
• "Monitoring and Optimizing Internet Information Server" at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/iis/c06.asp.
• "Tuning Internet Information Server Performance" by Mike Moore at http://www.microsoft.com/isn/whitepapers/tuningiis.asp. Written for IIS 4.0.
• "Windows 2000 Performance and Scalability" (under Resources and Technical Library) at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/guide/platform/performance/default.asp.
• "Navigating the Maze of Settings for Web Server Performance Optimization" by Todd C. Wanke at http://www.microsoft.com/backstage/whitepaper.htm. Written for IIS 4.0.
• "IIS 4.0 Tuning Parameters for High-Volume Sites" by Michael Stephenson at http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/server/feature/tune.asp.

Testing and Tuning Web Applications

• "25+ ASP Tips to Improve Performance and Style" by Len Cardinal and George Reilly at http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/server/asp/asptips.asp.
• Homer, Alex, et al. Professional Active Server Pages 3.0. London: Wrox Press, 1999. In particular, the chapter on optimizing ASP performance.
• "Server Performance and Scalability Killers" by George Reilly at http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/server/iis/tencom.asp.
• "ASP Best Practices" by George Reilly at http://support.microsoft.com/support/activeserver/AspBestPractices.ppt.
• "Testing the Performance of Your Web Application" by Matt Odhner at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/iis/wastip.asp.
• "Improve the Performance of Your MDAC Application" by Suresh Kannan at http://www.microsoft.com/data/impperf.htm.

Security Issues

• "Secure Internet Information Services 5.0 Checklist" at http://www.microsoft.com/security/.
• "Security Considerations for Network Attacks" at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/dosrv.asp.