Kateryna's Blog Posts

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...

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: Options dialog is a new RTW dialog that allows enabling...

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...

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...

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...

MSDeploy Custom Provider to execute batch files

Overview The IIS Web Deployment Tool (also known as MSDeploy) simplifies the migration, management and deployment of IIS Web servers, Web applications and Web sites. MSDeploy also offers the ability to run custom providers. These providers unlock hidden...

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...

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...

Microsoft Communities