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# Programmatic Administration

Internet Information Services (IIS) provides powerful scripting and programming tools that you can use to access configuration settings from within a script or application. Beginning with Whistler Server, you can efficiently monitor and manage the IIS metabase using a single COM-based programming interface and the IIS WMI provider.

This section contains:

- Using the WMI Interface: Explains how you can access and manage the IIS metabase from your scripts or applications through a single COM interface using the language of your choice, such as VBScript, C++, or Visual Basic.
- Using IIS Admin Objects: Explains how you can access the metabase from your scripts or applications by using an Automation-compatible language of your choice, such as VBScript, JScript, C++, or Visual Basic.
- Programmatic Administration Reference: Contains reference information for the programmatic administration objects and interfaces that can be used with IIS.
- Sample Administration Scripts: Contains reference information for the programmatic administration objects and interfaces that can be used with IIS.

For more information, see the Advanced Programmatic Administration section in the Platform SDK.

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