<div class="content"><p>This document specifies the Internet Information Services
(IIS) Application Host COM Protocol. This protocol is a client-to-server protocol
that enables remote read/write access to server data. The server data can be
used to define administration, configuration, and operational parameters to an
application server service, which can be a web server.</p><p>Sections 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2, and 3 of this specification are
normative. All other sections and examples in this specification are
informative.</p></div>