applicationPools Section [IIS Settings Schema]

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10/21/2021

Note

For more information about the applicationPools element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Application Pools <applicationPools>.

Contains default configuration settings for all application pools on the server and defines configuration settings for specific application pools.

Syntax

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
add	Adds an application pool to the applicationPools section.
applicationPoolDefaults	Required string attribute. Configures the default settings for all application pools in an applicationPools section.

add

Adds an application pool to the applicationPools section.

applicationPoolDefaults

Required string attribute.

Configures the default settings for all application pools in an applicationPools section.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	Specifies the root element in every configuration file that is used by IIS 7.
system.applicationHost	Specifies the root element for configuring Web process settings.

Remarks

For more information about the applicationPools element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Application Pools <applicationPools>.

Element Information

Configuration locations	ApplicationHost.config
Requirements	Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.0