How to Configure Windows Server 2008 for Site Systems

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To Install Internet Information Services (IIS) to support Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 site systems on Windows Server 2008 Computers This procedure describes how to install Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Windows Server 2008 to support the following site system roles:

• Management point.
• Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)-enabled distribution point.
• Reporting point.
• Software Update Point.
• Server locator point.
• Fallback status point.

To Install Internet Information Services (IIS) on Windows Server 2008 Computers

1. On the Windows Server 2008 computer, navigate to Start / All Programs / Administrative Tools / Server Manager to start Server Manager. In Server Manager, select the Features node and click Add Features to start the Add Features Wizard.

2. On the Select Features page of the Add Features Wizard:

   • Select BITS Server Extensions. When prompted, click Add Required Role Services to add the dependent components, including the Web Server (IIS) role.
   • Select Remote Differential Compression, and then click Next.

3. On the Web Server (IIS) page of the Add Features Wizard, click Next.

4. On the Select Role Services page of the Add Features Wizard:

   • Under Application Development, select ASP.NET and, when prompted, click Add Required Role Services to add the dependent components.
   • Under Security, select Windows Authentication.
   • In the Management Tools node, under IIS 6 Management Compatibility, ensure that both IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility and IIS 6 WMI Compatibility are selected and then click Next.

5. On the Confirmation page, click Install, and then complete the rest of the wizard.

6. Click Close to exit the Add Features Wizard, and then close Server Manager.

To install and configure WebDAV for IIS 7.0 to support management point and BITS-enabled distribution point site system computers

1. Depending on your server operating system platform, download either the x86 or x64 version of WebDAV from: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=108052.( In windows 2008 r2 no need to download)

2. Depending on which version was downloaded, run either the webdav_x86_rtw.msi or the webdav_x64_rtw.msi file to install WebDAV IIS 7.0 extensions.

3. Enable WebDAV and create an Authoring Rule, as follows:

   1. Navigate to Start / All Programs / Administrative Tools / Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager to start Internet Information Services 7 Application Server Manager.
   2. In the Connections pane, expand the Sites node in the navigation tree, and then click Default Web Site if you are using the default Web site for the site system or SMSWEB if you are using a custom Web site for the site system.
   3. In the Features View, double-click WebDAV Authoring Rules.
   4. When the WebDAV Authoring Rules page is displayed, in the Actions pane, click Enable WebDAV.
   5. After WebDAV has been enabled, in the Actions pane, click Add Authoring Rule.
   6. In the Add Authoring Rule dialog box, under Allow access to, click All content.
   7. Under Allow access to this content to, click All users.
   8. Under Permissions, click Read, and then click OK.

4. Change the property behavior as follows:

   1. In the WebDAV Authoring Rules page, in the Actions pane, click WebDAV Settings.
   2. In the WebDAV Settings page, under Property Behavior, set Allow anonymous property queries to True.
   3. Set Allow Custom Properties to False.
   4. Set Allow property queries with infinite depth to True.
   5. If this is a BITS-enabled distribution point, under WebDAV Behavior, set Allow hidden files to be listed to True.
   6. In the Action pane, click Apply.

5. Close Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

To add Remote Differential Compression for site server and branch distribution point computers

1. In Server Manager, on the Features node, click Add Features to start the Add Features Wizard.

2. On the Select Features page, select Remote Differential Compression, and then click Next.

3. Complete the rest of the wizard.

4. Close Server Manager.

To modify the request Filtering section on BITS-enabled distribution point computers:

1. Open the applicationHost.config file located in the %windir%\System32\inetsrv\config\ directory on the BITS-enabled distribution point site system.

2. Search for the <requestFiltering> section.

3. Determine the file extensions that you will have in the packages on that distribution point. For each file extension that you require, change allowed to true.

   For example, if your package will contain a file with an .mdb extension, change the line <add fileExtension=".mdb" allowed="false" /> to <add fileExtension=".mdb" allowed="true" />.

   Allow only the file extensions required for your packages.

4. Save and close the applicationHost.config file.