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a web root. All current versions of Internet Information Server (IIS) support multiple web roots so
running from a web root is not an issue unless you are using IIS5 on Windows XP. See Chapter 14 if
this is the case.
Installing Umbraco using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer
The best way to begin your Umbraco installation is by using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer
(a free installation tool developed and supported by Microsoft). Some advantages to using the
Microsoft Web Platform Installer (shown in Figure 1-1) are that the tool can:
Automatically detect and install required dependencies.
Create a Microsoft SQL database or Microsoft SQL CE database prior to installing
Umbraco.
Create and confi gure new websites in IIS.
FIGURE 1-1
You can fi nd the Microsoft Web Platform Installer at www.microsoft.com/web/ along with the
latest versions of Umbraco and other web applications as well as any required dependencies. In
addition, the Microsoft Web Platform Installer is available as an IIS extension at
www.iis
.net/extensions/WebPI/
and is integrated into web hosting control panels such as cPanel and
DotNetPanel. Using a web hosts control panel to install Umbraco in a shared hosting environ-
ment can greatly simplify the installation process.
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