### MaxConnections

This property specifies the maximum number of simultaneous connections to a server. The valid range is 0 to 0xFFFFFFFF (unlimited). The MaxClientsMessage property can be used to send a message to clients when this value has been exceeded.

Data type | Long
Default value | 0xFFFFFFFF (unlimited) for Windows 2000 Server, 10 for Windows 2000XP Professional
Inheritance | Inheritable

###### Access Locations

This property is accessible at the following locations:

Metabase Path | Key Type
/LM/MSFTPSVC | IIsFtpService
/LM/MSFTPSVC/N | IIsFtpServer
/LM/W3SVC | IIsWebService
/LM/W3SVC/N | IIsWebServer

###### IIS Admin Base Object Information

The following tables list additional information required only for code that uses the IIS Admin Base Object.

Metabase identifier | MD_MAX_CONNECTIONS
User type | IIS_MD_UT_SERVER

Operating system | Default value and range
Windows 2000 Server | &HFFFFFFFF (range 0-&HFFFFFFFF)
Windows XP Professional | 10 (range 0-10)
Windows 95, 98 | 10 (range 0-10)

###### See Also

MaxClientsMessage

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