You're trying to make Windows into a Unix, but it's not. Most of your questions make no sense in a Windows context. It's very, very different. It would be so m

You're trying to make Windows into a Unix, but it's not. Most of your questions make no sense in a Windows context. It's very, very different. It would be so much easier to buy a book than to browse the web. That's how people learn the basics in the Windows community. Web sites are for news, documentation, etc., not for learning. Documentation is at Technet and MSDN. It's messy and hard to search, so I'd buy a few books instead. But anyway, some basics: Most of the tools are in Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools. That's where you'll find Computer Management, Services, Event Viewer (logs), etc. Most administration is done using the graphical administration tools. There are no config files. You point and click, use dialog boxes, double click installers, etc. Scripts are certainly possible, but don't start there. Remote administration is done with Remote Desktop. You can mount a local drive on the server, and that's how you normally transfer files, not using SFTP. The web server is IIS. It's already installed, but you must enable it.