IIS7 Administration Pack and Database Manager Technical Preview 2

Posted: May 13, 2008  7 comments

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Today we have released the IIS7 Administration Pack and Database Manager Customer Technical Preview 2.  This is a collection of IIS 7 Manager plug-ins and extensions which we hope that you will find useful.

So, what's special about Technical Preview 2?

  • Configuration Editor
    • New locking functionality and visualization of locked items
    • Ability to set configuration settings at any level.  Users can now set application and web site settings within ApplicationHost.config easily.
    • Bug Fixes
  • IIS Reports
    • New Report Types
    • Extensibility Plug-In points.  Users can now write their own custom reports to be shown within IIS Reports.
    • Bug Fixes
  • Database Manager
    • UI Updates
    • Query Support and Execution
    • Extensibility Plug-In points.  Users can now write their own Database Manager Providers and use Database Manager to administer databases.
    • Bug Fixes
  • UI Extensions 
    • Bug Fixes

What do users need to know about Administration Pack Tech Preview 2?

If you've installed Administration Pack technical preview 1, it must be uninstalled prior to installing technical preview 2.

Where do I get Administration Pack Tech Preview 2?

Essential Links:

IIS7 Administration Pack Technical Preview 2 (X86)
Database Manager (X86)

IIS7 Administration Pack Technical Preview 2 (X64)
Database Manager (X64)

IIS7 Administration Pack Forums - Requires IIS.NET account to post

Administration Pack Walk-Through's and Documents

What if I have feedback or bugs for some of these features?

Please, don't hesitate to comment on this blog, CarlosAg's blog or the Forums with feedback, suggestions, comments or questions about the Administration Pack.  We love to hear from our customers!  If you have something, shout it out and let us know!

Comments

  1. IIS7 Administration Pack and Database Manager Technical Preview 2 - Robert Lucero's IIS Testing Blog
    May 13, 2008

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  2. BETA: IIS7 Administration Pack and Database Manager Technical Preview 2
    May 19, 2008

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  3. AndrewBi blog
    May 20, 2008

    This blog post is about writing a DatabaseProvider for the IIS Manager's Database Manager module. The

  4. pooh9066
    May 23, 2008

     I like your cd send me one

  5. Robert Lucero's IIS Testing Blog
    May 23, 2008

    Background: IIS 6 had a User Interface to configure and map one to one certificates for authentication

  6. rlucero
    May 23, 2008

    Unfortunatly, there isn't a CD with this.  You'll have to download it using the links above.

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    May 31, 2008

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