Launching two new IIS Manager UI extensions in public beta for customers was announced by a leading innovator in Windows 2008 hosting, DiscountASP.NET.

web.config Backup/Restore module: This tool can backup a web.config file and can restore the web.config file.

IIS Manager Feedback module: This tool allows customers using IIS Manager to submit their feedback and suggestions.

VP Marketing at DiscountASP.NET, Takeshi Eto, commented: "One of the key features with IIS7 hosting is the ability to delegate website configurations to users". "Since, our goal is to provide our customers with maximum control over their hosting environment, we chose to implement IIS feature delegation on our Windows 2008 shared hosting platform."

Microsoft introduced, with the launch of Windows 2008 and Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, IIS Manager, a new IIS administration tool which provides end users with a familiar user interface to remotely manage IIS7 server configurations. DiscountASP.NET customers, using IIS Manager, can view settings and manipulate their web.config files for features that have been delegated to them.

Takeshi Eto added: "With the introduction of additional toolsets available to manipulate the web.config file, there is also increased possibility of accidentally overwriting the web.config file. We wanted to address this issue and by taking advantage of the IIS Manager extensibility model, we developed the web.config backup/restore tool".

To get feedback from customers, the new IIS Manager UI extensions are launched as a public beta. An IIS Manager Feedback module was introduced, to facilitate feedback submission, where customers can send feedback and suggestions directly to DiscountASP.NET from within IIS Manager.