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Using Internet Information Services (IIS) administration tools

IIS 7.0 provides several ways to manage web servers, websites, and web applications.

Internet Information Services Manager

To manage IIS 7.0 through a task-based user interface (UI), use the new IIS Manager for IIS 7.0. This UI combines IIS and ASP.NET configuration, so that you can configure web servers, websites, and web applications in the same tool.

For more information about the IIS Manager for IIS 7.0, go to IIS 7.0: Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager on the Microsoft TechNet website.

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IIS 7.0 command-line tool

IIS 7.0 introduces Appcmd.exe, a command-line tool that simplifies everyday management, monitoring, and configuration for web servers.

Some of the tasks you can perform using Appcmd.exe are:

  • Creating sites and editing site properties.

  • Stopping a site or recycling an application pool.

  • Editing configuration settings and applying them to other web servers.

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IIS configuration store

The IIS 7.0 configuration store includes both IIS and ASP.NET configuration settings for web servers, websites, and web applications. Many of the IIS configuration settings in this XML-based file were formerly in the IIS metabase.

Using this new configuration store has the following advantages:

  • You can combine IIS and ASP.NET configuration settings in the same XML file or distribute them across several files.

  • You can change configuration settings by using a text or XML editor, Appcmd.exe, an API, or IIS Manager for IIS 7.0.

  • Developers can provide a configuration file together with their web applications, to make deployment easier.

  • Administrators can grant site and application owners the ability to modify settings for a specific website or web application, and the owners do not have to be Windows administrators.

For more information about the IIS 7.0 configuration store, go to IIS 7.0 Configuration Store on the Microsoft TechNet website.

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WMI scripting

You can write Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) scripts to manage IIS 7.0 and ASP.NET configuration settings. For example, you might use a script to apply the same configuration settings to more than one website on your web server. For sample scripts to help you get started, go to IIS 7.0 WMI Provider Reference on the Microsoft MSDN website.

For more information about IIS administration tools, see IIS 7.0: IIS Administration Tools on the Microsoft Technet website.

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