Windows Application EcosystemCrystal HoyerProgram Manager

IIS Team

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Preview of features that will be announced at MIX09

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Agenda

Windows Web Application Ecosystem

Web Application Gallery

Web Platform Installer V2

Control Panel Integration

Overview

Getting Started ( includes Code Walkthrough)

Goals of the Web Application Gallery

Make it easy to find great Web applications!

Provide a social hub for community feedback

Enable simple, streamlined installation

Web Application Gallery is

A community web siteAllows developers to submit applications

Allows users to comment and rate applications

InfrastructureCaptures users feedback

Communicates app information through an a feed

Policy Constraints for application submission

The Web Application Gallery Schematic

Application Database

App MetadataATOM Feed

Web Platform Installer(WebPI)

App Package

XML Manifest

Control Panel

Web DeployInstallApp

Microsoft Web Platform Installer (WebPI V2)

Simplifies discovery…

Extensible product list for Microsoft Web stack, including new IIS extensions

Three options (“Complete”, “ASP.NET”, and “Custom”)

Key QFE and other servicing updates for the MS Web Platform

Simplifies installation…

Single install for all MS Web platform components

Logging for diagnostics

Automatic handling of reboots

Simplifies updates…

XML-based manifest for easy updates of product list

Automatic upgrade of the Installer itself

Install the Microsoft Web Platform

ArchitectureProduct XMLWeb PI UbiquityCommunity App

demo

WebPI Version 2 : Engaging the Community

Microsoft Confidential

Developers

Application Communities

Shared Hosters

Dedicated Hosters

Control Panel Vendors

Application Ecosystem

Great Community Apps

Rich Supply of Hosting

Solutions

Ubiquitous

Deployment

Community supplies the apps, Microsoft will make them instantly available to thousands of hosing providers and millions of Windows customers

Application Installation Experience

Five ways to discover and install applications

Through any app gallery-enabled Control Panel

Via App Developer Web site

Through the Microsoft Web App Gallery

Inside Web Platform Installer

Inside IIS Manager

Gallery Enabled Control Panel

Feed provides list of applications

WebDeploy API provides services to

Get parameters app needs for install

Inject user parameters

Install application

<visualize your control panel here>

IIS Manager

Enables full Web PI experience inside IIS Manager

Enables developers and administrators to discover and install apps in context of managing IIS

Allows for local and remote deployment of applications for dedicated and shared hosting

Windows Web Application Gallery

Microsoft.com pages dedicated to your app

Can include text, images and video demo

Enables social interactions: rating and comments

Search, sort, and browse app categories

One-click launches Web PI install for your app

Web Platform Installer

Simple, unified install experience for Microsoft Web Platform and Windows Application Gallery

Installs IIS, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Visual Web Developer Express, and platform extensions

Driven through ATOM feed, dynamically updated as new releases occur

Windows Server PlatformCode Walkthrough

Get app list Gather parameters from userInstall app

How-to Get Started: Control Panel Vendor / Automator

1. Download the Application Gallery Developer Kit

2. In your applicationa. Subscribe to the App Gallery ATOM feed

b. Present user app list through your UI

c. Retrieve Application installation package

d. Use Web Deploy APIs to install user selected app

Step 1: Download App Gallery Installation Kit

Includes everything you need to get started:

Documentation of the Atom feed, and how to subscribe to it

Web Deploy APIs for installing apps

Best Practices for running apps on Windows

Sample C# and PHP code for working with the gallery feed

Step 2: Subscribe to the App List

List delivered as an Atom formatted XML file

Retrieved from http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9647960

Applications are listed as entries with a type of application:

<feed>

</feed>

<entry type=“application”><id>506</id> <title>Drupal</title> <version>6.9</version> <updated>01-20-2009</updated> <description>Drupal is an open source content management platform. Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal supports a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites.</description> <link><![CDATA[http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=134578]]></link>…</entry>

Step 3: Ask user to select App

Each application is listed with metadata which you may want to show to the user

Step 4: Download Archive

Location identified in the Atom Feed

Archive is in a ZIP format but there is no need to unzip it

Step 5: Get user parameters

Use WebDeploy APIs to retrieve information about parameters from the package

Generate a form to collect the needed information from the user

>msdeploy –verb:getParameters –source:Package=“archive.zip” <parameter name="DBUserName" description="Database UserName for the Application to connect to the database"> <parameterEntry type="TextFilePosition" scope=“application\\settings.php" match="92;20;8" /> <parameterEntry type="TextFilePosition" scope="install.sql" match="8;39;10"/> </parameter>…

Step 6: Install Applications

Use WebDeploy APIs to install the application

The IIS Web Site needs to exist prior to the installation

>msdeploy –verb:sync –source:Package=“application.zip” ^ -dest:auto ^

-setParam:name=DBUserName,value=“databaseuser” ^…

Step 7: Tell the user where the App is

Generate a start URL from the website information you used for the install coupled with the StartPage data from the Atom feed for the application

This should point to the administration page for the site

Web Application Gallery & Platform

Easy for users to find popular applications

Easy for users to install popular apps Through your automation and UI

Through Microsoft Web Platform Installer

Easy to incorporate the Web Gallery into your UI

Call to Action

Download the App Gallery Control Panel Developer Kit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9647783

Add Gallery Discovery and Installation to your Control Panel

Enjoy happy customers installing community applications with ease!

Questions?