Introduction to the IIS Metabase

The metabase is the repository for most IIS 5.0 configuration information.

This section contains:

• Metabase Structure: Discusses the organization of data in the metabase.
• Key Names and Paths: Describes how metabase keys are addressed.
• Property Inheritance: Provides information about a metabase feature that simplifies configuration operations and reduces storage requirements.
• Metabase Security and Reliability: Outlines key security and reliability issues that can affect the metabase.