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As enterprise customers become more dependent on the Intranet, Internet, and World Wide Web,
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there is a tendency to get bogged down in the creation and management of web-based
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applications. Microsoft Site Server, with its comprehensive publishing and site management
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capabilities, offers an easy to use and affordable solution to this problem.
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Microsoft Site Server is designed for use in the creation and continuing management of Web-
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based applications. It is designed to work with Microsoft Windows NT Server network
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operating system (Windows NT) and Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), and offers a
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sweeping set of server and client components. These include the client software Usage Analyst
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and Site Analyst, and the server side software Posting Acceptor, Internet Locator Server, Content
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Replication Server, and Personalization System. These components are used for deployment
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(Posting Acceptor and Content Replication System), management and analysis (Usage Analyst,
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Site Analyst, and Content Replication System), and site enhancement (Internet Locator Server
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and Personalization System). A brief description of each component follows.
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Posting Acceptor allows greater freedom with Web content by working with Web Publishing
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Wizard in the transfer of information to a specified Web server. Posting Acceptor is used on a
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Web server running Windows NT Server, Windows NT Workstation, or Windows 95. It allows
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Microsoft Personal Web Server, IIS , and Microsoft Peer Web Services to accept content from
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Netscape Navigator 2.02 and Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard/API or, later, any standard
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HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) connection. Posting Acceptor allows users to post Web
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content to the server, Web content providers to publish their content using HTTP post (RFC1867),
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posts to be received from other clients that use HTTP-Post protocol, and includes ActiveX control
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for Web pages which allows the user to drag information to the Web server. It also manages Web
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pages posted to the server and allows for the transfer of files to a chosen Web server from a
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client's computer.
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Usage Analyst accesses and analyzes data from a Web site's log file in order to increase site
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efficiency (by identifying seldomly viewed pages, etc.). Usage Analyst reports on usage, visitor
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profiles, the number of "hits, visits, and page views," or customer interactions with a site, and can
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cross-reference information to identify useful trends. Usage Analyst is an invaluable tool for
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maximizing effectiveness in business and commerce. It is supported by Microsoft Access in the
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standard edition, and also supported by Microsoft SQL Server in Site Server, Enterprise
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Edition. Usage Analyst includes over 25 standard analysis reports and enables the analysis of over
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25 web server log file formats, including IIS, Netscape, and Apache.
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Site Analyst can be used by Webmasters, content authors, and Web server administrators. It
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creates WebMaps that allow for a quick survey of the site, no matter how complex. It even allows
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for different views of the site such as the Tree view, which shows the site in a hierarchical
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structure, and the Hyperbolic view, which maps items in a web-like structure to show their
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interconnectivity. These views can be helpful in site structure analysis, allowing the user to see
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the site from a different perspective. Site Analyst also enables analysis of the site structure and
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content, finds and repairs broken links, and creates reports.
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Content Replication System (CRS) is instrumental in automating the Web publishing process
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and managing network loads through the replication of content across multiple servers. CRS is an
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NT server-based Internet replication system that uses the authentication mechanism to ensure
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secure links between CRS servers. It replicates content from one NT server to as many others as
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desired, either locally, through any area of the Internet, or on any network that supports TCP/IP.
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CRS automatically replicates information to and from varied servers, using either API functions,
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Standard Windows NT file transfers, or its own frame file transfer mechanism. CRS can also
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distribute Web content to multiple remote servers, and is capable of providing administration
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