About the pre-production feature

The pre-production feature provides an option to organization administrators to test their Web site content, before it is made available to their users. This feature is not enabled by default. To enable this feature, refer to the General Help.

Points to remember while using this feature:

To create the ExcludeFolder registry key:

  1. Log on to the server where the pre-production organization is being hosted.

  2. Click Start > Run, type regedit, then click OK. The Registry Editor is displayed.

  3. In the Registry Editor window, expand My Computer > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Ensim, then click Ensim Unify.

  4. In the Registry Editor window, click Edit > New, then click String Value. A new key is created in the right pane.

  5. Rename this new key as ExcludeFolder.

  6. Right-click ExcludeFolder, then click Modify.

  7. In the Edit String window, enter the location of the exclude directory in the Value data text box. For example, If you want to set the exclude directory under the Inetpub\wwwroot directory of each organization, then enter the value as Inetpub\wwwroot\exclude.

  8. Click OK to save the location, then close the Registry Editor window.

The ExcludeFolder registry key has been created.

Known issues for the Windows Web Hosting service

This section describes the known issues of the pre-production feature for the Windows Web Hosting service.

Known limitations for the Windows Web Hosting service

This section describes the known limitations of the pre-production feature for the Windows Web Hosting service.