What is an Application Pool

• when you create a site you also will by default create an application pool of the same name

• an application pool runs
  • a worker processor, containing your website
  • This worker processor is your code running

• you can have multiple websites for 1 work processor

How to create an application pool

1. right click on application pool and press add

2. then set the name (typically the same as the website)

3. then set the version, aka .NET

4. then set the pipeline mode to integrated, (the other one is for old sites)

5. now update your website to use you application pool

How to see the result

• You should now see your application pool running in task manager

• If you click on the first drop down on the left connections column
  • then click worker processes

Why application pools

• it is basically a container for websites

• it allows for independent framework, security settings

• You can have multiple application pools hosting your website