Internet Information Services provides you with two different server management options to control content and access to your Web or FTP sites.
You can use either one, or a combination of both, to change settings on your sites. This topic compares and contrasts these tools.
Personal Web Manager (PWM) is a simplified user interface that provides easy administration and real-time monitoring for your Web site. If you are new to the role of Web site administration, this tool can help you get your personal publishing site running quickly and easily. PWM includes these features:
See the Personal Web Manager Documentation for more information.
Note You cannot manage an FTP site from PWM. You must use the Internet Information Services snap-in to administer an FTP server.
The Internet Information Services snap-in provides a more granular level of server control than what is provided in the PWM. If you are a developer testing a site before uploading it to a corporate intranet or the Internet, you can use this tool to test your settings exactly as they will be on the final server. The snap-in includes these features:
Note The Internet Information Services snap-in is an administration tool for IIS 5.0 that has been integrated with other administrative functions of Windows 2000. In previous releases this tool was called the Internet Service Manager.
See Administration for further information about this option.