[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change]

BackwardCompatEnabled

This property specifies whether or not to run in Backward Compatibility mode. Setting this property to False will cause IIS to run using the new process model.
Attribute NameAttribute Value
Data TypeBOOL
AttributesNO_ATTRIBUTES
Default ValueTRUE
MetaFlagsExCACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED | WAS_NOTIFICATION
User TypeIIS_MD_UT_SERVER
StartingNumber
EndingNumber0
ID9203

Access Locations

This property is accessible at the following locations:

Metabase PathIIS Admin Object Type
/LM/W3SVC/2IIsWebServer
/LM/W3SVC/Info/Templates/Public Web SiteIIsWebServer
/LM/W3SVC/Info/Templates/Secure Web SiteIIsWebServer
/LM/W3SVCIIsWebService

IIS Admin Base Object Information

The following table lists additional information required only for code that uses the IIS Admin Base Object.

Metabase identifier
MD_GLOBAL_BACKWARD_COMPAT_ENABLED
Data typeBOOL
User typeIIS_MD_UT_SERVER

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