Programatically Renaming IIS 7 Virtual Directories and Applications

Today, I came across a need to programmatically rename IIS 7 Virtual Directories and Applications using C#.   Searching the web, I found several examples to add them, but wasn't able to find any to rename them.   By exploring the class methods and modifying the examples accordingly, I was able to come up with what I was looking for.

Rename IIS 7 Virtual Directory

     ServerManager iisManager = new ServerManager();
     Application app = iisManager.Sites["SiteName"].Applications["/"];
     VirtualDirectory vdir = app.VirtualDirectories["/OrigVirtualDirectoryName"];
     if (vdir != null)
     {
          vdir.SetAttributeValue("path", "/NewVirtualDirectoryName");
          iisManager.CommitChanges();
     }

Rename IIS 7 Application

     ServerManager iisManager = new ServerManager();
     Application app = iisManager.Sites["SiteName"].Applications["/OrigApplicationName"];
     if (app != null)
     {
          app.SetAttributeValue("path", "/NewApplicationName");
          iisManager.CommitChanges();
     }

If you want to work with a remote server, just change the first line to be

     ServerManager iisManager = ServerManager.OpenRemote("RemoteServerName");