I'd suggest the two aren't mutually exclusive.
Many a management GUI has just been shoving data to and from the registry for years now. This need be no different if the configuration container is an XML based config file instead. -sc From: Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Using IP address restrictions in IIS 7 On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 08:13, John Hornbuckle <[email protected]> wrote: > Good heavens. That's progress? Yes, absolutely. > The IIS team must've taken tips from the Exchange team on removing previous > GUI features and making users work more with config files and command > prompts. That's a good thing. GUIs are terribly limiting, and don't usually allow automation, revision control, etc. <snip> Kurt 99% of people using IIS will not need or use several of the more esoteric features either so getting them out of the GUI reduces opertunity for people to break their installs in weird ways. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
