IIS 7 Remote Management Virtual Lab

I just ran across this Microsoft ISV Training Course that describes how to enable and use web application remote management.  IIS 7's remote management is a really cool way to allow non-administrator users privileges to administer their sites and applications without having to ask a machine administrator to delegated tasks for them.

According to the training, the difficulty is listed as 'Advanced' and the target audience is 'Technical', but I'm sure it'll be a breeze for people who frequent IIS.net.  What is cool about this lab is that the student has access to two virtual machines (a server and a client) and it doesn't require you to install anything locally to evaluate it.  If you want to try this out in a test environment, all you need is Windows Server 2008 with IIS 7 installed and a client machine with IIS 7 Remote Manager installed.

The course itself exposes the students to Feature Delegation and the Management Service, which is essential for delegated administration of features.  If you feel that the material is too easy, try running through some of the additional scenarios that are available from Learn.IIS.Net. 

Allowing External Users to Manage IIS7 Web Applications

https://www.isvinnovation.com/Directory/Description.aspx?EventId=618

The ISV Lab Manual

https://download.microsoftvirtuallabs.com/download/8/a/7/8a71365b-4c80-4e60-8185-8f12f59bf1d4/AllowingExternalUserstoManageIIS7WebApplications.pdf

More Scenarios from Learn.IIS.net:

Managing IIS 7.0 Remotely