Note to self

The IIS 8 configuration file is located in %windir%\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config. It is just an XML file and the schema is well known. You can open it, edit it (if you are brave), and otherwise do configuration stuff with it. You can diff it from system to system to find inconsistencies or save it in a source code repository to standardize on a base configuration across web server nodes, if your project needs that kind of thing. Lastly, you can manage it with Powershell… you can manage it with Powershell… you can manage it with Powershell DSC!

The possibilities are endless so stop depending so much on the IIS Server Manager UI like you are in Dev preschool. You are a big boy now, remove the training wheels, but you might want to wear a helmet.

I don’t want to have this discussion again!