New tool incorporated in MS Windows 2003 of administration, It is about remotely managing a server using the web environment, Those of us who know something Linux is like the “Webmin”, But it doesn't even come close to him, But it's something, Little by little things are going.

To install it, you necessarily have to install IIS, for this:

We're going to “Beginning” > “Panel de Control” > “Add or remove programs” > “Add or remove Windows components”, we look for a component called “Application Server”, we double-click it, we look for another one called “Install Internet Information Services (IIS)” and we double-click that too, we look for another one called “World Wide Web Service” y entramos en sus propiedades, finally we select “Remote Administration (HTML)” and several components will be automatically checked, we accept all these windows and start installing it.

We wait while it is installed… it will ask us for the MS Windows 2003 CD…

End.

Well, it would now be installed, now at most, we can add security if we are interested, by changing the ports, by default is the 8098 via HTTPS, so if you want and know, mess around. All this in “Beginning” > “Programmes” > “Administrative Tools” > “Internet Information Services IIS Manager”. It is optional.

Well, to connect to the server console, we open an internet browser from any PC on the network, and we connect to the server name or IP using SSL-HTTPS and to the port 8098 which is the default one, in my case: https://192.168.0.3:8098, a certificate warning will appear, we accept it by clicking on “Yes”.

By default, anyone cannot connect to the server through it 8098, so it will ask for authentication, I enter the administrator of that server or the domain and Accept.

This is the main screen it has, it shows us that it has a Warning, it is because of the certificate, it is better to create one for this service (Just like that.). And well, from this website by going into the menus you can do all the following:

In “State” we will see the server if it has any issues.

In “Sites” we will be able to Create/Modify/Delete/Restart the websites.

In “Servidor Web” we will be able to manage the IIS console through the web, safety, configure an FTP…

In “Net”, we will be able to change the server name, pertenencia a dominio/Grupo de trabajo, configurar las tarjetas de red, los protocolos, la IP, mascara, P.E., DNS, configurarle como servidor Telnet para conectarnos por MSDOS, cambiar la contraseña del administrador…

In “Users”, lógico: Crear/Modificar/Borrar usuarios y grupos, tanto locales como del Directorio Activo.

And in “Maintenance”, opciones regionales, apagar/reiniciar el server, ver el Visor de Sucesos, conectarnos con RDP al escritorio del servidor o mediante Terminal Server, configurar varias alertas vía email…

Sin duda una herramienta más que aporta MS Windows 2003 que está bien conocer, sobre todo pq podemos administrar el servidor desde cualquier PC sin tener que andar instalando el “AdminPak” o sin tener que andar moviendonos.