Microsoft Content Management Server Field Guide

by Briand, Francois-paul; Wirsching, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781590595282
• ISBN10: 1590595289
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

Microsoft Content Management Server Field Guideprovides simple crisis-management instructions for intermediate- to advanced-level network administrators who work in the trenches. It offers practical procedural information, reference materials, and focused presentations. This book also features self-contained topics so you do not have to look further to obtain prerequisite information.Microsoft Content Management Server (CMS) streamlines the web publishing process like nothing else out there. CMS integrates with a wide variety of high-end Microsoft productsfor example, Visual Studio .NET for website development and SQL Server for content storage. CMS also works with SharePoint Portal Server for document management and search, and construction of knowledge work portals; with Microsoft Word for content authoring and publishing; and with Commerce Server for content profiling, personalization, and web analysis.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	xi
About the Technical Reviewers	xiii
Introduction	xv
PART 1 Configuration
CHAPTER 1 Configuring the Platform	3	(18)
Understanding Scalable Architecture	4	(4)
Logical Architecture	4	(2)
Physical Site Architecture	6	(2)
Configuring MCMS Platform Options	8	(6)
Check Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements	9	(1)
Installing Windows 2003 Server Core Components	10	(1)
Installing Windows XP Components	11	(1)
Installing SQL Server 2000	11	(3)
Enabling Windows Installer Logging	14	(1)
Creating User Accounts	15	(1)
Initial MCMS Administrator	15	(1)
MCMS System Account	15	(1)
Creating the MCMS Database and Granting Rights	16	(1)
Creating a Web Site for MCMS	17	(1)
Summary	18	(1)
Additional Resources	18	(3)
CHAPTER 2 Configuring MCMS 2002 Components	21	(18)
Configuring MCMS 2002 Components on a Single Computer	22	(4)
Configuring the MCMS Database	23	(3)
Configuring the MCMS Server	26	(1)
Configuring MCMS 2002 in a Multiple-Computer Production Environment	26	(7)
Configuring a Multiple-Computer Production Environment	27	(6)
Installing Additional MCMS Components	33	(3)
Installing Site Manager	34	(1)
Installing Site Stager	34	(1)
Installing Authoring Connector	35	(1)
Activating the Web Author	36	(1)
Summary	36	(3)
CHAPTER 3 Measuring and Tuning Performance	39	(16)
Performance Optimization	40	(3)
Caching	40	(2)
Balancing Items in Containers	42	(1)
Using API Searches Efficiently	42	(1)
Limiting the Use of Placeholders	42	(1)
Site Navigation Considerations	43	(1)
Capacity Planning	43	(9)
Analysis and General Guidelines	44	(1)
Transactions	44	(2)
Failure Criteria	46	(1)
Building a Test Site	47	(5)
Summary	52	(1)
Additional Resources	53	(2)
CHAPTER 4 Authentication	55	(22)
Windows Accounts	56	(2)
Forms-Based Authentication Using IIS	58	(6)
Anonymous User Access	58	(1)
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)	59	(1)
Logon Page	60	(2)
Web.config	62	(2)
Certificates	64	(2)
Configuring Anonymous Authentication in IIS	64	(1)
Creating and Administering Server Certificates	65	(1)
Custom Authentication	66	(4)
Active Directory Users and MCMS Subscriber Groups	67	(2)
Forms-Based Authentication	69	(1)
Summary of Authentication Recommendations	70	(3)
Intranet Site Authentication	70	(1)
Extranet Site Authentication	70	(1)
Internet Site Authentication	71	(1)
Web Farms	71	(2)
Summary	73	(4)
PART 2 Administration and Deployment
CHAPTER 5 Administration and Support	77	(14)
Server Administration Using SCA	77	(8)
Setting the Content Site Entry Point	80	(1)
ASP Compatibility Mode	80	(1)
URLs	81	(1)
Channel-to-Host Mapping	81	(1)
Full-Text Search and Indexing	82	(2)
MCMS Security Issues	84	(1)
Supporting Authors, Editors, and Approvers	85	(4)
Authoring Content	86	(3)
Managing the Publication of Content	89	(1)
Summary	89	(2)
CHAPTER 6 Administering a Publication Environment	91	(26)
The Site Manager	92	(1)
Rights Groups	93	(3)
Channels	96	(8)
Creating Channels	97	(1)
Managing Channels	98	(5)
Managing Pages	103	(1)
Resource Galleries	104	(5)
Managing Resource Galleries	105	(3)
Managing Resources	108	(1)
Templates	109	(6)
Managing Templates with Galleries	109	(4)
Managing Templates	113	(2)
Summary	115	(2)
CHAPTER 7 Deploying Content	117	(20)
Exporting Dynamic Content Objects	119	(3)
Importing Channel and Rights Objects	122	(3)
Importing Templates and Resources	125	(1)
Tracking Revisions	126	(1)
Revision Histories	126	(1)
Clearing Revisions by Timestamp	127	(1)
Using Site Stager	127	(8)
Destination Directories	128	(1)
Granting Access to the Staging Computers	128	(7)
Summary	135	(2)
CHAPTER 8 Troubleshooting	137	(30)
Troubleshooting Installation and Configuration	138	(13)
If Setup Was Unsuccessful	138	(4)
Upgrading from MCMS 2000 to MCMS 2002	142	(1)
Uninstalling MCMS 2002	143	(1)
MCMS 2002 Standard Edition	144	(2)
SQL Server Database Issues	146	(3)
Windows Server 2003 and MCMS 2002	149	(2)
Using MCMS Administration Tools	151	(5)
Site Manager	151	(2)
Site Stager	153	(3)
Supporting Authors	156	(2)
Dealing with Visual Studio .NET Issues	158	(4)
Summary	162	(1)
Additional Resources	162	(5)
PART 3 Templates
CHAPTER 9 MCMS Development Using Page Objects	167	(28)
Processing Pages	168	(2)
Examining an MCMS Application	170	(4)
Visual Studio and MCMS	170	(4)
MCMS .NET Class Reference	174	(1)
MCMS COM Object Reference	174	(1)
Developing Templates	174	(13)
Template Development Procedures	176	(7)
MCMS Authoring Connector Templates	183	(3)
Creating MCMS Publishing Tasks	186	(1)
Using the Web Author	187	(7)
Creating Pages	187	(1)
Publishing Pages	188	(2)
Updating Pages	190	(2)
The MCMS Authoring Connector	192	(2)
Summary	194	(1)
INDEX	195