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Web PI Options Dialog
As many of you already know, version 2 RTW of Web Platform Installer released in September. So what’s new in this version since RC that was released in March? First of all, Web PI now caches downloaded installers. Second of all, Web PI now supports 9 additional languages – German, French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional and Simplified Chinese. This language support extends to both displaying Web PI UI in the language of the current OS locale and installing a product (if available) in the language specified by the user. Finally, the last biggest feature of RTW is extensibility.
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Web PI Additional Scenarios: Media and Developer Tools
Web Platform Installer now offers a set of Media and Azure products that are not included in the set of Web PI products by default. These additional scenarios can be enabled through the options dialog:
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Web PI Localization
Version 2 RTW of Web Platform Installer, released in September, now not only comes localized in 9 languages - English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, but also supports installations of products in supported languages. Now, users can choose the language in which they want Web PI to install the products. Though, not all products are localized in all 9 languages. Those products that are not available in the language selected by the user or not localized at all, will be offered in English.
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Web PI Extensibility: Custom Feeds – Installing Custom Applications
One of the most important features of Web Platform Installer, version 2 RTW of which released in September, is that it surfaces web applications offered by Windows Web App Gallery. The Gallery is the place for open source apps that can be submitted through online submission process and be available through various sources, including Web PI, to millions of people. Both submission and admission is totally free, the application just needs to adhere to App Gallery Principles and be a Web Deploy zip package.
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Web PI Extensibility: Custom Feeds – Installing Custom Products
As it was already mentioned in several articles about Web Platform Installer (Web PI), version 2 RTW of the product now offers extensibility as a part of its new set of features. Now, users can not only add additional Media and Developer Tools scenarios with a set of products not offered in Web PI by default, but also define and install their own products through Web PI. To add a new product to Web PI UI interface, you need to create a custom feed with some information for Web PI to parse and be able to display and later install products offered by your feed.
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MSDeploy Custom Provider to execute batch files
NOTE: All code and instructions in this blog post were updated to work with the latest version of Web Deploy v1.1. A blog post that outlines the changes that are required to custom providers in Web Deploy v.1.1 since Web Deploy v1 RC is here.
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Troubleshooting Common MSDeploy Issues
This article is meant to provide a quick reference troubleshooting guide to help with the most frequently encountered problems and questions. It does not contain a full list of issues and problems, but will be updated with the latest issues and workarounds as the need arises.
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IIS Remote Manager for Windows 7 is out
Last week, IIS Remote Manager was re-released to support Windows 7. Prior to this release, remote management was supported only on XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008 (excluding Home Basic editions). Now, the users can install Remote Manager on Windows 7 Client to manage Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 remotely.