Installing Internet Information Services (IIS)

What is Internet Information Services?

Internet Information Services (IIS) makes it easy for you to publish information on the Internet or your intranet. IIS includes a broad range of administrative features for managing Web sites and your Web server. With programmatic features like Active Server Pages (ASP), you can create and deploy scalable, flexible Web applications. IIS is not installed by default but can be added using the Add/Remove Programs dialog box from the Control Panel.

IIS Software Checklist

Before you install IIS, you need to install the Windows TCP/IP Protocol and Connectivity Utilities.

The following optional components are recommended:

The Domain Name System (DNS) service installed on a computer in your intranet. If your intranet is small, you can use Hosts or Lmhosts files on all computers in your network. This step is optional, but it allows users to use friendly text names instead of IP addresses. On the Internet, Web sites typically use DNS. If you register a domain name for your site, users can type your site's domain name in a browser to contact your site.
For security purposes, Microsoft recommends that you format all IIS drives with NTFS.
Microsoft FrontPage to create and edit HTML pages for your Web site. FrontPage is a WYSIWYG editor that provides a friendly, graphical interface for tasks such as inserting tables, graphics, and scripts.
Microsoft Visual InterDev to create and develop interactive Web applications.

For more information on Windows TCP/IP Protocol and Connectivity Utilities, DNS, or NTFS security, see your Windows XP Professional online documentation.

IMPORTANT! Insert your Windows XP/2003 OS CD Installer BEFORE proceeding with the IIS Installation. For it will look for the CD and installing the IIS without the CD inserted FIRST might give you difficulty in searching for the needed file.

1. Go to Start, click Control Panel, and double click Add or Remove Programs.

2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.

3. The Windows Components Wizard appears. Check the box for Internet Information Services then click Next.

4. Wait for the components to be completely installed then click Finish to exit the installation.

5. Go back to the Control Panel then double click Administrative Tools to check if your IIS has been installed properly.