You have a choice of two administration tools for operating Microsoft NNTP Service. You can perform all of the required tasks for setting up and managing Microsoft NNTP Service with either tool. Your choice of tool depends on how you connect to the service.
The administration tools are:
Both administration tools are installed by default when you install Microsoft NNTP Service. You can also use these tools to operate the service from another computer.
Operators need to be granted permissions to operate Microsoft NNTP Service; see Configuring Security.
Internet Service Manager is installed by the IIS setup program. Internet Service Manager runs as a snap-in to Microsoft Management Console.
You can use Internet Service Manager on a computer other than the one on which your are running Microsoft NNTP Service. To operate the service from another computer, you need to install Internet Service Manager on that computer.
To install Internet Service Manager on another computer:
You can operate Microsoft NNTP Service using Internet Service Manager on any computer that is on the same LAN as Microsoft NNTP Service.
If you need more information about an option displayed by Internet Service Manger, choose Help.
To start Internet Service Manager:
If you are running Internet Service Manager on a computer other than the one on which your are running Microsoft NNTP Service, select any computer under IIS. Then from the Action menu, choose Connect. In the Computer Name box, enter the name of the Microsoft NNTP Service computer you want to operate.
To access Microsoft NNTP Service properties:
To access expiration policy or virtual directory properties:
You can operate Microsoft NNTP Service using Internet Service Manager (HTML) on any computer that can create a TCP/IP network connection to Microsoft NNTP Service. If Microsoft NNTP Service is connected to the Internet, then you can operate Microsoft NNTP Service over the Internet.
If you need more information about an option displayed by Internet Service Manger (HTML), choose Help .
To start Internet Service Manager (HTML) on the same computer as the one running Microsoft NNTP Service:
To start Internet Service Manager (HTML) on a different computer from the one running Microsoft NNTP Service:
http://server_name/News/Admin/nnadv.asp
where server_name is the DNS name or IP address of the Microsoft NNTP Service computer.
To access Microsoft NNTP Service properties:
The following figure shows the NNTP Settings property sheet. Some property sheets in Internet Service Manager (HTML) are slightly different from those displayed by Internet Service Manager. The documentation points out significant differences.
Choose Services to return to the previous display.
To access expiration policy or virtual directory properties: