Web Platform Installer

Web Platform Installer
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseJanuary 21, 2009 (2009-01-21)[1]
Final release
5.0 / February 14, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-02-14)[2]
Operating systemWindows XP SP3 and later
Windows Server 2003 SP2 and later[2]
Platformx86-64, IA-32
Size4.5 MB
Available in14 languages[2]
List of languages
English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Czech, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian, Turkish
TypePackage management system
LicenseFreeware
Websitewww.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx Edit this on Wikidata

Web Platform Installer (Web PI) was a freeware, closed-source package management system that installs non-commercial development tools and their dependencies that are part of Microsoft Web Platform, including:

The ability to install third-party software was added in version 2.0, released September 24, 2009.[3] As of July 2015, Web PI can install 82 titles.[4] Web PI 2.0's options are populated dynamically at runtime from Microsoft's servers, allowing installation options to be updated without the need to download newer versions of the Web PI itself.[5]

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.

Web PI 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.[6] However, Web PI is still not usable in environments where Internet connectivity and local administrator privileges are mutually exclusive (i.e. a given process can either authenticate through a transparent proxy, or can have High or System integrity level, but not both).

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer (WebPI) has been retired since July 1, 2022.[7]

  1. ^ Microsoft Web Platform Installer v1.0 Released! : BillS IIS Blog : The Official Microsoft IIS Site. Blogs.iis.net. Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
  2. ^ a b c "Microsoft Web Platform Installer 5.0". microsoft.com. Microsoft. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ^ Free Web Development Tools for Windows | Microsoft WebMatrix 3. Microsoft.com. Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
  4. ^ Windows Web App Gallery - Featured Apps. Microsoft.com. Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
  5. ^ Download the Microsoft Web Platform. Microsoft.com (2013-02-14). Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
  6. ^ Web Platform Installer v5 Command Line (WebPICMD.exe) - RTW release : The Official Microsoft IIS Site. Iis.net (2012-08-26). Retrieved on 2018-12-18.
  7. ^ "Web Platform Installer - End of support and sunsetting the product/application feed". IIS Team Blog. Microsoft. June 8, 2021.