Web Platform Installer and scripting web deployments

Awesome release from the IIS team. Now it is possible to do some scripting and automating IIS and web site/app configurations with the Web Platform Installer (WebPI). A command line interface for the WebPI has been released. For everyone who does not know the Microsoft Web Platform Installer 3.0 (Web PI) it is a free … Read more

New command line reference site: AppCMD.com

Steve Schofield have created a new reference website: AppCMD.com. AppCMD.exe is the new single command line management tool for managing IIS 7.0. I’m not sure if humans are supposed to remember command line syntax.  For me, the most frustrating part is remembering the syntax of a certain command line option.  To help me remember these … Read more

IIS PowerShell Provider – step-by-step

Jeong Hwan from the IIS Team has posted a nice little article about the new PowerShell Provider for IIS 7.0. The article is for users who have never experienced Windows PowerShell and want to use the IIS PowerShell Provider and provides various examples. Read his article here: Learning IIS PowerShell Provider (Step by Step).

IIS 7.0 PowerShell Provider Released

Microsoft has released a Technical Preview 1 of the PowerShell Provider for IIS 7.0. The new provider is a snap-in that allows you to manage IIS 7.0 configuration. The IIS7 PowerShell Provider allows you to Create Web-Sites, Web Applications, Virtual Directories and Application Pools Change Simple Configuration Properties on Web-Sites, Application Pools, Web Applications and … Read more