Sep 08, 2008
As you may know, IIS configuration is extensible. You could add new section, extend existing one by adding new schema file into folder containing schemas. All this was described in full details in the article of Tobin Titus. When we provide methods on...
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Filed under: PowerShell, PSMethodInfo, Extended Types
Aug 29, 2008
I was looking around the Net today and stumbled on the post in Scott Hanselman's blog , where he talks about technical and marketing aspects of product naming in Microsoft. There he shows display format for IIS application pools that may be relevant to...
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Filed under: PowerShell, XPath, output views, output formatting
Aug 28, 2008
IIS 7 configuration API's were designed as DOM: you always have to start from top level data structure and work your way to the data you need, either collection element or child element attributes. It is quite annoying model when you are building generic...
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Filed under: PowerShell, XPath
Aug 22, 2008
After IIS team released Technical Preview of our PowerShell provider and commands, we got a few rants and grumblings from our customers. Some people pointed to complexity of IIS PowerShell provider and command parameters. Other people denied the need...
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Filed under: PowerShell
Jul 30, 2008
1. [File System] Open Explorer window for Default Web Site's home directory $path = $(get-item 'iis:\sites\default web site').physicalPath $path = [system.environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables($path) explorer $path Related UI Task: "Explorer" 2. [File...
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Filed under: Powershell
Jul 09, 2008
In last a few weeks, the IIS team has released 3 IIS extensions updates: · URL Rewrite Module CTP1 · Application Request Routing CTP1 · PowerShell Provider CTP2 URL Rewrite Module URL Rewrite Module is a rule-based rewriting engine for...
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Filed under: IIS7, ASP.NET, IIS News Item, Developers, PowerShell, Administrators
Jul 03, 2008
Tech Preview 2 of the IIS7 PowerShell Provider is now available for download. What’s new in Tech Preview 2? IIS7 Powershell provider now supports SSL (installing and acquiring a certificate, creating an ssl site binding) Tech Preview 2 ships with 40 new...
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Filed under: PowerShell
Apr 29, 2008
Saw a post on forums.iis.net last week about a Podcast on our new IIS7 PowerShell Provider. Being the Program Manager for this thing I thought maybe these guys want me to participate in the Podcast. And sure enough - Jonathan and Hal were interested....
Filed under: IIS7, IIS News Item, PowerShell