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.

Web PI features 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] However, Web PI is still not usable in environments where an Internet connection is not available.

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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