Uses of IIS Server & Installation of IIS Server

IIS (Internet Information Services) Server and Uses :

IIS stands for Internet Information Services. It can also commonly known as Internet Information
Server.Sometime creating test bed we need to install IIS. IIS is Microsoft server is software provided with
MS operating system which handles all the HTTP/Https requests. It is a part of windows component.IIS
server is used for displaying web pages on your system at local level which can open on other systems
as well.

There are various parts of IIS. In which following are compulsory to install :

1. Common Files: The main files and services included with IIS
2. Documentation: Files of the Default Web Site, files containing IIS error messages and the basic
   HTML documentation
3. Internet Information Services Snap-In: An application for managing IIS from the Microsoft
   Management Console
4. World Wide Web Server: Represents HTTP services in compiled form.
5. Below are optional components of IIS server:
6. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Server: It is included in the system provides support for an FTP
   account.
7. NNTP Service: Service to host newsgroups
8. SMTP Service: This is email server service
9. FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions: A communication protocol which provides authoring and
   administering service
10. Internet Service Manager :This is used to configure and monitor IIS using WWW pages
11. Visual InterDev RAD Remote Deployment Support: It is a sub-component that assists in the
    development of web applications.

Please note that last three components may make your system little vulnerable to security. Kindly avoid
installing them until it is required for your application.

Step to install IIS Server:

Method of installing is always same but till Microsoft XP, we require XP cd while installing IIS server.
But in higher version we don’t require operating system CDs.

Step 1: Navigate to Control Panel->Programs->Programs and Features.

Step 2: Click on “Turn Windows Features on or off” link

Step 3: Select “Internet Information Service” check box and click on “OK” button.





Step 4: A message will appear




After message box disappear, IIS server has installed successfully on server.

Step 5: Go to “Run “and type “inetmgr” . It will open IIS server.