Deploy Websites, Application Pools, and Virtual Directories with PowerShell

As you begin to manage websites in IIS, you need to understand how three components work together for a website. The three components are as follows:

• Websites
• Web applications
• Virtual directories

Websites are the location where you store your web documents. These contain at least one web application. Websites are the core building block to the web infrastructure. Web applications are the second building block, and the nature of web applications can vary dramatically — from web applications accomplishing collaboration to expense reporting, marketing products, and services to customer relationship management. The possibilities for applications in IIS are endless, and they fill a variety of business needs. Virtual directories map to a physical directory on a local or remote server. Web applications use virtual directories to reference data for the application. Virtual directories, although helpful, are not mandatory for a website unle....