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Web Platform Installer (Web PI) was a freeware, closed-source package management system that installs non-commercial development tools and their dependencies that are part of Microsoft Web Platform, including:
- Internet Information Services
- WebMatrix
- Visual Web Developer Express Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition
- .NET Framework
- Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio
- PHP
- WordPress
- Umbraco
- Drupal
- Joomla!
- Orchard
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Initial release | January 21, 2009[1] |
| Final release | 5.0
/ February 14, 2013[2] |
| Operating system | Windows XP SP3 and later Windows Server 2003 SP2 and later[2] |
| Platform | x86-64, IA-32 |
| Size | 4.5 MB |
| Available in | 14 languages[2] |
List of languages English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Czech, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian, Turkish | |
| Type | Package management system |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | www |
The ability to install third-party software was added in version 2.0, released September 24, 2009.[3] As of July 2015[update], 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 Internet connectivity and local administrator privileges are mutually exclusive (i.e. a given process can either authenticate through a transparent proxy, or can have High or System integrity level, but not both).
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer (WebPI) has been retired since July 1, 2022.[7]
See also
edit- Solution stack: set of software subsystems or components needed to create a complete platform
- Windows Package Manager: an open-source package manager for Windows 10 and Windows 11
References
edit- ^ Microsoft Web Platform Installer v1.0 Released! : BillS IIS Blog : The Official Microsoft IIS Site. Blogs.iis.net. Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
- ^ a b c "Microsoft Web Platform Installer 5.0". microsoft.com. Microsoft. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Free Web Development Tools for Windows | Microsoft WebMatrix 3. Microsoft.com. Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
- ^ Windows Web App Gallery - Featured Apps. Microsoft.com. Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
- ^ Download the Microsoft Web Platform. Microsoft.com (2013-02-14). Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
- ^ Web Platform Installer v5 Command Line (WebPICMD.exe) - RTW release : The Official Microsoft IIS Site. Iis.net (2012-08-26). Retrieved on 2018-12-18.
- ^ "Web Platform Installer - End of support and sunsetting the product/application feed". IIS Team Blog. Microsoft. June 8, 2021.