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Internet Information Services (IIS) is a Web server developed by Microsoft. It provides a secure platform for building and deploying Web-based applications, managing Web sites, and publishing information to the Internet or an intranet.
InstallShield has significantly improved IIS-related functionality
that makes it even easier to create and manage new IIS Web sites, Web
applications, virtual directories, application pools, and Web service
extensions.
InstallShield has enhanced its Internet Information Services view to
look similar to IIS 7. The settings are now displayed in grids, instead of
on tabs. And the grids have buttons that let you sort the grid settings by
category or alphabetically. Longtime users of InstallShield will notice and
appreciate the difference right away. (Available in InstallShield Premier
and Professional Editions only).
InstallShield now gives developers the ability to add IIS Web
applications to IIS Web sites and configure as needed. Plus, you can now
create an IIS virtual directory without an application. Both enhancements
were popular requests by the InstallShield community.
InstallShield has a new IIS Scanner that analyzes and records IIS
data about a Web site’s settings – including its virtual directories,
applications, and application pools – and imports it into the Internet
Information Services view. So instead of having to waste time manually
entering data, InstallShield finds it and adds it for you. Developers
can then use that view to make any changes to the IIS settings. (Available
in InstallShield Premier Edition only).
In addition, InstallShield Premier and Professional Editions have new IIS settings that our users have specifically requested, including:
- Managed Pipeline Mode: Specify the appropriate request-processing pipeline mode—either integrated or classic—for an application pool.
- Enable 32-Bit Applications: Specify whether you want to allow 32-bit applications in the selected application pool to be run on 64-bit systems.
- .NET Framework Version: Specify the version of the .NET Framework that an application pool should load.
- ASP.NET Platform: For installations that may run on a 64-bit version of Windows with the .NET Framework, specify which ASP.NET platform should be used to map a Web site, application, or virtual directory to the ASP.NET version.
