Managing IIS 6.0 Remotely

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

You can remotely administer your server running IIS on an intranet or the Internet by using WMI or ADSI scripts, or you can use one of the following tools to manage IIS remotely:

  • IIS Manager. You can use IIS Manager on your server to remotely connect to and administer an intranet server running IIS 5.0, IIS 5.1, and IIS 6.0. (IIS 3.0 and IIS 4.0 are not supported.)

  • Terminal Services. Terminal Services does not require you to install IIS Manager on the remote client computer because once you are connected to the server running IIS, you use IIS Manager on the Web server as if you are logged on locally.

  • Remote Administration (HTML) tool. You can use the Remote Administration (HTML) tool to administer your Web server from any Web browser on your intranet. This version of the Remote Administration (HTML) tool runs only on servers running IIS 6.0.

  • For more information about using these tools to manage IIS remotely, see Administering Servers Remotely in IIS 6.0.