Overview
- The IIS 7.0 PowerShell Provider is a PowerShell Snap-In that allows you to manage IIS7 configuration and run-time data. It gives easy access to Web-Sites, Application Pools, Web Applications, Virtual Directories, request in flight, Worker Processes and .NET Application Domains within Worker Processes.
Features
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 Virtual Directories
- Add and Change Complex Configuration Settings
- Query Run-time Data (Web-Site State, Application Pool State, Currently Executing Requests)
- Execute Advanced Configuration Tasks, Scripting, Integration with other PowerShell Snap-Ins and features
- Search and Discover Configuration Settings
Benefits
All the benefits PowerShell provides plus an IIS Namespace that makes it easy to discover and modify IIS configuration settings.
Requirements
You must be using Windows Server 2008 (x86) or Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (x86) or later.
- Internet Information Services 7.0 has to be installed.
- Windows PowerShell 1.0 or 2.0 has to be installed.
- You must install the IIS 7.0 PowerShell Provider as an administrator. (See the Downloading and Installing section in readme.htm for more.)