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How can I programmatically change IIS application pools' settings and properties (for example: the Enable 32-Bit Applications setting)? Are there reference guides on properties for IIS 6 or 7 on MSDN or Technet? Try this on for size. DirectoryEntry root = this.GetDirectoryEntry("IIS://" + this.DomainName + "/W3SVC/AppPools"); if (root == null) return null; List<ApplicationPool> Pools = new List<ApplicationPool>(); ... Alexander G You can solve the problem using appcmd.exe. Where "DefaultAppPool" is the name of the pool. appcmd list apppool /xml "DefaultAppPool" | appcmd set apppool /in

How to retrieve the number of applications associated with a specific IIS AppPool via PowerShell command? We can see the associated applications manually using: Get-Item IIS:\AppPools\AppPoolName However, if we manually want to select the Applications column, it is not possible. Also, the Applications column is not listed within | Get-Member * . Why is the column not listed? How to find the number of applications associated with a specific IIS AppPool using PowerShell? The trick is: PowerShell established so-called "view definition files" which tell PowerShell how to format objects (e.g.

How can I modify various settings inside either a new or exisitng App Pool using Powershell? I am interesting in some of the "Advanced" settings such as Enable 32-Bit Applications, Managed Pipeline Mode, Process Model Identity, etc. Any ideas on how I can do this? I tried using the xWebAdministration module but that seems to have very basic settings. Yes, a custom DSC resource is the only way to do this with DSC. If you are able to use PowerShell scripting without DSC, you can use the WebAdministration module module to create the pool, and then modify it from there. $appPoolName = "MyAppPool"

In IIS, Select Default Web Site > Properties > Home Directory > Application Settings > Configuration > Options, the default Session timeout is 20 minutes. Also, Select Application Pools > DefaultAppPool > Properties, in the Performance tab, there is Idle timeout which is default to 20 minutes too. What is the different between those two timeouts? Jay The idle timeout determines if, and if so after how many minutes of idle time an AppPool is recycled. Recycling the AppPool frees resources but also means that all cached data (compiled version of ASP.NET applications etc.) of sites that run under