Overview

The new Remote Administration tool for IIS 7.0 RC0 provides end users and administrators with a way to remotely manage IIS 7 servers from Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The tool provides administrators and users with a familiar user interface to manage and configure their servers. A server administrator can perform almost any task that they could while sitting in front of the server itself and site and application owners can modify and view settings that have been delegated to them by the server administrator.

Features

• Remotely manage IIS 7.0 RC0 from Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
• Connect directly to a Server or to an individual site or even application.
• View your remote site/application content directly from within the tool.
• Installs even when you don't have IIS 7.0 on the local machine.
• Allows multiple simultaneous connections to servers, sites and applications.

Benefits

• Manage IIS 7.0 servers remotely.
• Allows site/application owners to connect to and manger their site directly - no longer having to call the server admin.
• Familiar and easy to use administration tool.
• Standalone install - no need to install the full IIS server on your local machine in order to manage a remote machine.
• Easily manage multiple servers, sites and applications.

Requirements

The following prerequisites must be fulfilled in order to install Remote Manager on Windows Vista:

• You must have Windows Vista SP1 Beta installed
• You must have the Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 or greater installed
• You must have the Internet Information Services 7.0 Management Console installed
• The 32 bit version of Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Manager will not function correctly on 64 bit Windows Vista. You should ensure that you install the 64 bit version Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Manager on 64 bit operating systems.

The following prerequisites must be fulfilled in order to install Remote Manager on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003:

• You must have Windows XP Service Pack 2 installed if you are using Windows XP
• You must have Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 installed if you are using Windows Server 2003
• You must have the Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 or greater installed

Downloads and Links

• Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Manager (x86)
• Download IIS 7.0 Manager (x86)
• Microsoft FTP Publishing Service for IIS 7.0 - RC0 (x64)
• Microsoft FTP Publishing Service for IIS 7.0 - RC0 (x64) Documentation

See also:

• CarlosAg Blog: Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Manager for Windows XP, 2003 and Windows Vista SP1 RC0 is available for download
• ScottGu's Blog: IIS 7.0 Hits RC0 - Lots of cool new IIS7 Extensions Also Now Available