Web Platform Installer

Web Platform Installer
Developer(s) Microsoft
Initial release 21 January 2009 (2009-01-21)[1]
Stable release 5.0 / February 14, 2013 (2013-02-14)[2]
Operating system Windows XP SP3 and later
Windows Server 2003 SP2 and later[2]
Platform IA-32
Size 101 KB
Available in 14 languages[2]
Type Package management system
License Freeware
Website www.microsoft.com/web/platform/

Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a freeware package management system that installs non-commercial development tools and their dependencies that are part of Microsoft Web Platform, including:

The ability to install third-party software was added in version 2.0, released September 24, 2009.[3] As of July 2015, Web PI can install 82 titles.[4] Web PI 2.0's options are populated dynamically at runtime from Microsoft's servers, allowing installation options to be updated without the need to download newer versions of the Web PI itself.[5]

On July 7, 2010, Microsoft announced Web PI 3 which includes WebMatrix, a new set of integrated tools for web development. Web PI 3 installs additional tools for web development including IIS Developer Express, SQL Server Compact and DotNetNuke.

Whilst the web platform installer is useful it is not usable in environments where an internet connection is not available such as some back-end servers deployed in an enterprise scenario. To overcome this limitation Microsoft have introduced an offline mode where products can be downloaded to a local cache on a machine where internet access is available and then use these cached files on a different machine later.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Microsoft Web Platform Installer v1.0 Released! : BillS IIS Blog : The Official Microsoft IIS Site. Blogs.iis.net. Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
  2. 1 2 3 "Microsoft Web Platform Installer 5.0". microsoft.com. Microsoft. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Free Web Development Tools for Windows | Microsoft WebMatrix 3. Microsoft.com. Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
  4. ↑ Windows Web App Gallery - Featured Apps. Microsoft.com. Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
  5. ↑ Download the Microsoft Web Platform. Microsoft.com (2013-02-14). Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
  6. ↑ Web Platform Installer v4 Command Line (WebPICMD.exe) - RTW release : The Official Microsoft IIS Site. Iis.net (2014-12-04). Retrieved on 2015-02-06.

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