Web Farm Framework 2.0 Beta Release

The multi-step and repetitive process for provisioning, deployment and scale is a simplified one step task with the release of Web Farm Framework 2.0 Beta.

Web Farm Framework 2.0 Beta was published today (download x86 / x64) addressing some of the top requested features and frequently discussed topics in IIS.

Most importantly, it:

-Provides capability to seamlessly provision, deploy and synchronize (platform and content) as a 1 step process
-Enables elastic scale and resource utilization in conjunction with ARR and other load balancing technologies
-Makes server management a breeze with ability to run operations from a unified UI and monitor up to date status
-Provides a rich API set and Power shell cmd-lets for advanced scenario and deeper control

Specifically some of the key features enabled are:

-One step provisioning of a server farm
-Platform Provisioning using Web PI
-Application Provisioning using Web Deploy
-Policy-based Provisioning
-Installation of additional platform components and content
-Reduced down time with load balancing integration using ARR
-Up-to-date status and trace logs of server farm servers
-Extensible model that allows you to write additional providers
-You can learn more about it at http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/905/microsoft-web-farm-framework-20-beta-for-iis-7/

-Younus

1 Comment

  • Wow, this is awesome! The fabric-like administration experience of Windows Azure inside the firewall. Really looking forward to seeing this roll-up of some great functionality make it into the hands of people doing their own hosting.

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