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Line 1: {{~~Advert~~Cleanup rewrite\|date=~~March~~January ~~2015~~2024}} ~~{{Outdated\|date=July 2015}}~~ {{Infobox software \| name = Web Platform Installer \| logo = <!-- [[File: ]] --> \| screenshot = ~~<!--~~Web ~~[[File:~~Platform ]]Installer ~~-->~~screenshot.png \| caption = \| collapsible = \| author = \| developer = [[Microsoft]]▼ ~~\| author =~~ \| released = {{Start date\|2009\|01\|21~~\|df=no~~}}<ref>[http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/01/21/microsoft-web-platform-installer-v1-0-released.aspx Microsoft Web Platform Installer v1.0 Released! : BillS IIS Blog : The Official Microsoft IIS Site]. Blogs.iis.net. Retrieved on 2015-02-06.</ref>▼ ▲\| developer = [[Microsoft]] \| discontinued = yes▼ ▲\| released = {{Start date\|2009\|01\|21\|df=no}}<ref>[http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/01/21/microsoft-web-platform-installer-v1-0-released.aspx Microsoft Web Platform Installer v1.0 Released! : BillS IIS Blog : The Official Microsoft IIS Site]. Blogs.iis.net. Retrieved on 2015-02-06.</ref> ▲\| discontinued = \| latest release version = 5.0 \| latest release date = {{Start date and age\|2013\|02\|14~~\|df=no~~}}<ref name="main page" /> \| latest preview version = \| latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age\|YYYY\|MM\|DD~~\|df=yes/no~~}} --> \| programming language = \| operating system = [[Windows XP]] SP3 and later<br/>[[Windows Server 2003]] SP2 and later<ref name="main page" /> \| platform = =[[x86-64]], [[IA-32]] \| size = ~~101~~4.5 [[~~Kilobyte~~Megabyte\|KBMB]] \| language = English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Czech, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian, Turkish \| language count = 14 \| language footnote = <ref name="main page">{{cite web\|title=Microsoft Web Platform Installer 5.0\|url=http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx\|website=microsoft.com\|publisher=[[Microsoft]]\|~~accessdate~~access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> \| genre = [[Package management system]]▼ ~~\| status =~~ \| license = [[Freeware]]▼ ▲\| genre = [[Package management system]] \| alexa = ▲\| license = [[Freeware]] \| repo = }} '''Web Platform Installer''' ('''Web PI''') iswas a freeware, [[Proprietary software\|closed-source]] [[package management system]] that installs non-commercial development tools and their dependencies that are part of '''Microsoft Web Platform''', including ~~but not limited to~~: * [[Internet Information Services]] * [[WebMatrix]] Line 44: On July 7, 2010, Microsoft announced Web PI 3 which includes [[WebMatrix]], a new set of integrated tools for web development. Web PI 3 installs additional tools for web development including IIS Developer Express, [[SQL Server Compact]] and [[DotNetNuke]]. ToWeb ~~overcome this limitation Microsoft have~~PI ~~introduced~~features an offline mode where products can be downloaded to a local cache on a machine where internet access is available and then use these cached files on a different machine later.<ref>[~~http~~https://~~www~~docs.~~iis~~microsoft.~~net~~com/~~learn~~en-us/iis/install/web-platform-installer/web-platform-installer-v4-command-line-webpicmdexe-rtw-release Web Platform Installer v4v5 Command Line (WebPICMD.exe) - RTW release : The Official Microsoft IIS Site]. Iis.net (~~2014~~2012-1208-0426). Retrieved on ~~2015~~2018-0212-0618.</ref> However, Web PI is still not usable in environments where Internet connectivity and [[User Account Control\|local administrator privileges]] are mutually exclusive (i.e. a given [[process (computing)\|process]] can either authenticate through a [[transparent proxy]], or can have High or System [[integrity level]], but not both).▼ ~~Whilst the web platform installer is useful it is not usable in environments where an internet connection is not available such as some back-end servers in deployed in an enterprise scenario.~~ ▲To overcome this limitation Microsoft have introduced an offline mode where products can be downloaded to a local cache on a machine where internet access is available and then use these cached files on a different machine later.<ref>[http://www.iis.net/learn/install/web-platform-installer/web-platform-installer-v4-command-line-webpicmdexe-rtw-release Web Platform Installer v4 Command Line (WebPICMD.exe) - RTW release : The Official Microsoft IIS Site]. Iis.net (2014-12-04). Retrieved on 2015-02-06.</ref> The Microsoft Web Platform Installer (WebPI) has been retired since July 1, 2022.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://blogs.iis.net/iisteam/web-platform-installer-end-of-support-feed\|title=Web Platform Installer - End of support and sunsetting the product/application feed\|author=<!--Not stated--> \|date=June 8, 2021\|website=IIS Team Blog\|publisher=Microsoft\|access-date= \|quote=}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Solution stack]]: set of software subsystems or components needed to create a complete platform * [[LAMP (software bundle)]] - free and open source stack to build a general-purpose web server * [[Windows Package Manager]]: an open-source package manager for [[Windows 10]] and [[Windows 11]] ==References== Line 56 ⟶ 58: * {{Official website}} * [http://www.codedigest.com/Articles/Tools/399_Introduction_to_Web_Platform_Installer_(WebPI)_and_Using_WebPI_in_Command_Prompt.aspx Introduction to WebPI and WebPI Command-Line Utility] * [http://www.mywindowsclub.com/resources/3345-How-download-install-configure-IIS.aspx Install and configure web development tools using Web PI 3] {{Microsoft development tools}} [[Category:~~Proprietary~~Discontinued ~~package~~Microsoft ~~management systems~~software]] [[Category:Microsoft development tools]] [[Category:Proprietary package management systems]]