Upgrading and Migrating a Server to IIS 6.0

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

The following sections in this guide assume that you have Web sites and applications that are hosted on an existing Web server running Apache or an earlier version of IIS. Select one of the following sections to perform the deployment of IIS 6.0 when you have an existing server:

  • Upgrading an IIS Server to IIS 6.0

    Read this section when you are upgrading Web sites and applications that are hosted on a server running the Microsoft Windows NT® Server 4.0 operating system with IIS 4.0 or a server running the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server operating system with IIS 5.0, to a server running Windows Server 2003 with IIS 6.0. This section defines upgrading as the process of updating a Web server running IIS 4.0 or IIS 5.0 to run IIS 6.0 when the Web sites and applications hosted by that Web server are not moved to another server.

  • Migrating IIS Web Sites to IIS 6.0

    Read this section when you are migrating Web sites that are hosted on a server running Windows NT Server 4.0 with IIS 4.0, or a server running Windows 2000 Server with IIS 5.0, to a newly installed server running Windows Server 2003 with IIS 6.0. This section assumes that you are moving Web sites from an existing Web server running an earlier version of IIS, to a newly installed Web server running IIS 6.0. This section explains how you can use the IIS 6.0 Migration Tool to migrate your IIS Web sites to IIS 6.0. This section also describes a manual process for migrating IIS Web sites to IIS 6.0.

  • Migrating Apache Web Sites to IIS 6.0

    Read this section when you are migrating Apache Web sites that are hosted on an existing server to a server running IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003. This section assumes that you are moving applications from an existing Web server running a Linux-based operating system with Apache to a newly installed Web server running Windows Server 2003 with IIS 6.0. The process in this section describes how you can use the Apache to IIS 6.0 Migration Tool to migrate your Apache Web sites to IIS 6.0.