I have IIS Manager AND IIS 6.0 Manager--Which to use?

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_{Saturday, August 31, 2013 10:53 PM}

I'm following along in the book WCF Step-by-Step. It gives me these instructions but i don't know which IIS manager to use. It says: "Start Internet Information Services Manager as an administrator as follows. On the Windows Start menu, click Control Panel, click System And Security, click Administrative Tools, right-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, and then click Run As Administrator. Enter the administrator password if you are prompted."

The problem is that I have two IIS's in IIS and IIS 6.0 manager. both with two different icons.

For context, the book also gives this information: "Important: By default, the WCF service will be deployed to run by using the IIS DefaultAppPool. Unless you have reconfigured this application pool, it will attempt to run the service by using the .NET Framework Version 2.0, and will fail. In this case, you should therefore configure the ProductsService application in IIS to use something more appropriate, such as the ASP.NET v4.0 application pool."

Thanks!

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_{Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:07 PM ✅Answered}

You need to launch the one that does not specify 6.0. That IIS Manager is installed to configuring SMTP Server or for IIS 6 Compatibility mode.

_{Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:20 PM}

Thanks for the information!