Command-line tools included with IIS | | • | Provides solutions to the most common administration tasks. |
| | • | Some tools are not available on earlier versions of IIS. |
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Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) | | • | Can configure large sites and multiple servers. | | • | Supports scripting. | | • | Applies changes immediately without restarting the server. | | • | Supports IIS 4.0 through IIS 6.0. |
| | • | Requires knowledge of which supporting properties need to be created and set. | | • | Some functionality is missing when using the IIS ADSI provider from System.DirectoryServices. |
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Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) | | • | Can configure large sites and multiple servers | | • | Supports scripting. | | • | Applies changes immediately without restarting the server. |
| | • | Requires knowledge of which supporting properties need to be created and set. | | • | Cannot be used when you are configuring a server running IIS 5.1 or earlier. |
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Admin Base Objects (ABO) | | • | Provides a faster method of configuring IIS than ADSI or WMI. |
| | • | Requires knowledge of which supporting properties need to be created and set. | | • | Does not support scripting. | | • | Only supports applications written in C++ or Visual Basic 6.0. | | • | Is more difficult to use than ADSI or WMI. | | • | Provides no safeguards to prevent configuration of invalid settings. |
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