# Microsoft Windows Server Application Pools API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/microsoft-windows-server-application-pools-api/  
**Provider:** Microsoft Windows Server — https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-windows-server/  
**Base URL:** https://localhost  
**Documentation:** https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/

Microsoft Windows Server Application Pools API is one of 18 APIs that [Microsoft Windows Server](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-windows-server/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Application Pools. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and a GitHub repository.

Application pools provide an isolation mechanism for processes on the web server. There are many different settings available to fine-tune the behavior of the worker processes used to serve requests through IIS.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-windows-server/refs/heads/main/openapi/microsoft-windows-server-application-pools-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis-administration/
- **GettingStarted** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis-administration/getting-started
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/microsoft/IIS.Administration

## Other Microsoft Windows Server APIs (12)

- [Windows Server Management API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/windows-server-management-api/)
- [Windows Remote Management (WinRM)](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/windows-remote-management-winrm/)
- [Active Directory Domain Services API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/active-directory-domain-services-api/)
- [Hyper-V Management API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/hyper-v-management-api/)
- [Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/windows-server-update-services-wsus-api/)
- [Windows Admin Center API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/windows-admin-center-api/)
- [DNS Server Management API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/dns-server-management-api/)
- [Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi-api/)
- [Remote Desktop Services API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/remote-desktop-services-api/)
- [Failover Clustering API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/failover-clustering-api/)
- [DHCP Server Management API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/dhcp-server-management-api/)
- [SMB File Server API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-windows-server/smb-file-server-api/)

## Tags

Application Pools

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