How This Guide Is Organized

The following table describes the chapters in this guide:

Chapter Name	Chapter Description
Chapter 2, Introduction	Briefly describes the user tasks that can be accomplished by using the Parallels Plesk Panel advanced features.
Chapter 3, When to Use Parallels Plesk Panel Advanced Features	Describes user cases when use of the Parallels Plesk Panel advanced features rather than features implemented through the GUI is warranted.
Chapter 4, Administering Security Settings on Windows Objects	Describes the process of applying Parallels Plesk Panel security rules to Windows objects and provides step-by-step instructions for customizing both disk and hosting security on Parallels Plesk Panel servers. Presents examples of commonly used security rules with explanations.
Chapter 5, Programming Event Handlers to Execute Custom Scripts on Parallels Plesk Panel Server	Describes the event handler procedure, event handler command syntax, rules for writing custom scripts to be used in the event handler commands.
Chapter 6, Installing and Upgrading Third-Party Parallels Plesk Panel Components	Describes supported third-party software application (Parallels Plesk Panel component) installation and upgrade procedures emphasizing the extra steps that must be taken to successfully install or upgrade each supported application.
Chapter 7, Using Parallels Plesk Panel Reconfigurator	Describes the use of the application to reconfigure Parallels Plesk Panel server IP addresses, moving large volumes of hosted Web or mail content hosted on Parallels Plesk Panel server to another location on a file system.
Chapter 8, Managing Tomcat Service	Describes changing Tomcat connector port numbers by using SQL queries to the Parallels Plesk Panel database.
Chapter 9, Monitoring Server Status with Parallels Plesk Panel Services Monitor	Describes monitoring services' statuses of Parallels Plesk Panel server without logging in to Parallels Plesk Panel (by accessing the server operating system).
Chapter 10, Changing Your Server's Host Name	Describes changing Parallels Plesk Panel server's host name.
Chapter 11, Customizing Parallels Plesk Panel Title Bar Text	Describes setting or changing Parallels Plesk Panel Title bar text by using SQL queries to the Parallels Plesk Panel database.
Chapter 12, Customizing Link to Parallels Plesk Panel Support	Describes setting the link to Parallels Plesk Panel support so that it leads to your support team instead of Parallels support.
Chapter 13, Changing DNS Zone Serial Number Format	Describes changing changing DNS zone serial number format by using SQL queries to the Parallels Plesk Panel database.
Chapter 14, Restoring Mail Server Configuration	Describes restoring mail server configuration and synchronizing the configuration with the Parallels Plesk Panel database.
Chapter 15, Automating Parallels Plesk Panel Management Tasks by Using Parallels Plesk Panel Command-Line Interface	Introduces the Parallels Plesk Panel command-line utilities and provides information about accessing the command-line utilities user documentation.
Chapter 16, Configuring MSDE Network Access	Describes the network transport protocol requirements for access MSDE from network.
Chapter 17, Parallels Plesk Panel Autoupdates by vztmplupsvc Service Using Virtuozzo Update Templates	Provides information about Parallels Plesk Panel autoupdates implementation for Parallels Plesk Panels installed on VPSs by using Virtuozzo application templates.
Chapter 18, Rules for User Names and Passwords of Parallels Plesk Panel Users	Describes the symbol usage rules for creating user names and passwords in Parallels Plesk Panel.
Chapter 19, Customizing Statistics Calculation	Describes how you can vary which statistics data to count instead of collecting the whole statistics, thus making the task work faster.
Chapter 20, Switching PHP Handler Type to FastCGI	Describes how to switch the PHP handler type in IIS to FastCGI for better performance.