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I have multiple sites configured in IIS7 on my Windows7 development machine to run on the same port and usually only run one at a time depending on what I'm working on. I would like to be able to start and stop my development sites from PowerShell instead of having the IIS manager opened. Does anyone have a good resource to point me in the right direction or a script that already accomplishes this?

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There are probably WMI classes for IIS sites. –  zneak Apr 25 '10 at 22:14
    
I suppose I will answer my own question by providing myself with the following link. technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee790599.aspx –  Joey Green Apr 25 '10 at 22:19

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Just for future quick reference, the commands are:

Import-Module WebAdministration
Stop-WebSite 'Default Web Site'
Start-WebSite 'Default Web Site'
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I'm a total PowerShell noob. Do I need to import anything prior to the code you posted? What I tried was launching PowerShell then typing the first cmd you posted and PowerShell threw an error. –  Joey Green Apr 29 '10 at 3:02
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After reading the exception it said that I didn't need to Import WebAdministration but next it told me that Start-Website 'SiteName' as not a recognized cmdlet. –  Joey Green Apr 29 '10 at 3:04
    
Where did you get the module from? –  cpoDesign Sep 26 '13 at 10:48
    
It comes with PowerShell. –  Keith Hill Sep 26 '13 at 15:13
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To get access to system modules, Powershell needs to be run like this: 

[path]\powershell.exe -NoExit -ImportSystemModules

I found the above on this iis forum.

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