How can I programmatically stop or start a website in IIS (6.0 and 7.0) using MsBuild?

Question

I have Windows Server 2003 (IIS 6.0) and Windows Server 2008 (IIS 7.0) servers, and I use MSBuild for deploying web applications.

I need to do a safe deploy, and do

Answer 1

• Write a script, e.g. PowerShell, which will stop/start IIS web site programmatically relying on command-line argument, e.g. start-stop.ps1 /stop 1

• Put it into MsBuild script as a custom step

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