Administering an ISP Installation

Main Features

The following list describes the new offerings in the latest version of Content Deployment. For more information, see the Site Server 3.0 product documentation.

Improved User Interface Globally stages and deploys content across several servers. In addition, it sets up, administers, and monitors deployments—all through the IIS snap-in.
Same Server Deployment Deploys content from a staging directory to a production directory within the same server.
Component Deployment Deploys server applications, such as Microsoft® ActiveX® controls and Java applets, as quickly and easily as every other type of file.
Metabase Deployment Deploys IIS 5.0 and virtual server settings to other Web servers, allowing you to clone your Web servers quickly and easily.
Improved Event Reporting Logs server events to a database where you can easily monitor project activity and server load for your entire site.
Improved Performance Deploys data faster than before, over slow connections.
Improved Content Posting Works with the HTTP Post (RFC 1867) protocol in order to accept content from clients such as Microsoft® Web Publishing Wizard, Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 3.02 or later, and Netscape Navigator 2.02 or later.
Integration with FrontPage Detects and deploys new Web content received from Microsoft® FrontPage®.
Integration with UNIX Deploys content to Windows 2000 Server– and UNIX-based destination servers. The following illustration shows this type of deployment through a proxy.