How to install IIS server on Windows 7 Computer?

Jan 1
13:02

2013

matthew ferrall

matthew ferrall

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IIS stands for Internet Information Services. IIS is used to make your computer setup work as a web server. This application is very useful for software developer who builds dynamic websites using .Asp Net technology.

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IIS stands for Internet Information Services. IIS is used to make your computer setup work as a web server. This application is very useful for a software developer who builds dynamic websites using Asp.Net technology. This web server based application is created by Microsoft for the use of Microsoft Windows. It is a web application server program which is designed to handle HTTP requests made by users. IIS is supported by TCP/IP protocol and also contains protocol like FTP,How to install IIS server on Windows 7 Computer? Articles FTPS, NNTP, SMTP and HTTP/HTTPS. The FTP (File Transfer Protocol) service allows you to logon as an anonymous user as it does not use encryption for authentication. NNTP allows you to host newsgroups about it is not recommended to use the USENET feature. The SMTP server allows you to send email services on WWW (World Wide Web) sites with Collaboration Data Objects (CDO). It works on modular technology so helps to develop platform independent applications. With IIS, Microsoft includes a set of programs for developing websites, search engine and support for writing Web-based application that involves the data exchange with databases. Most of the people commonly use MS Access and SQL data base for developing graphical and text based application on a small level. IIS is integrated with Windows operating system which results in faster web page serving.  In  this article I will let you know about the IIS and the procedure by which you can install IIS on your computer.

There are some additional components which you can install with IIS server like:

·         FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions: This is a special communication protocol that supports Microsoft FrontPage webs.

·         Internet Service Manager (HTML): This is specially designed to configure and monitor IIS using WWW pages.

·         Visual InterDev RAD Remote Deployment Support: This is a sub-component that assists in the development of web applications via Visual InterDev. 

Advantages of IIS are:

·         It offers familiar development environment and model.

·         It provides abbreviated cost of deployment per user.

·         Work on modular technology so same components can be used again in different projects.

·         Different partition of code and HTML.

·         It offers state management across multiple interactions with the client.

·         Very easy to install and use.

Steps for installing IIS on a computer you have to follow the following steps:

1.      Click on the Start button and then select Control Panel.

2.      In control panel window make a double click on Programs option.

3.      A new dialog box will appear on your screen then click on Turn Windows features on or off.

4.      Then a new window appears on your screen which contains list of Windows related services.

5.      For installing IIS you have to tick the check box and then click on Ok button.

6.      For enabling the extra feature you have to expand the IIS folder and check the application

7.      When the procedure of installation is completed then you can see your homepage by typing ‘http://localhost’ in the web address bar. You can also replace ‘localhost’ in the syntax by the name of your computer.

 

So by following the above mentioned steps you can successfully install IIS on your computer. I have tried these steps on my own computer and this procedure works flawlessly. If you have any problem related to the procedure then you can contact to the some of the well renowned companies. They also provide reliable software solution for solving this purpose. By using the computer maintenance tools provided by them you can enhance the performance and speed of the computer. They also provide 24*7 support for 365 days.