Installing IIS on Windows 7

[Vandam]

While searching the way to install Microsoft IIS 7 on my computer that is Windows 7, fortunately i got this post.. How to install IIS on windows XP? . Well, it has nice guide of installing IIS but on XP and i need to do it on Windows 7. So i wanted to know how can i install IIS 7 on Windows 7 ? Please help soon.

[Devasis]

I guess you are using Windows 7 Home edition as IIS Server is not made available for this version as they said the Home edition was not meant for networking. It is also not made available in Windows 7 Ultimate edition.

Anyways, First of all you need to go to Control Panel, and then click on Programs.

Now click on Turn Windows features on or off in the newly opened dialog box.

If the tree node of the IIS will expands, you can see that there are many options under.

You'll probably want to explore these options, because even if you click on IIS, some necessary options for development do not be checked.

Check the box for ‘Internet Information Services (IIS)‘ leaving all the default installation settings intact.

Thats it.. Now when you will open your Internet Explorer you’ll find the new default page. You can check this also by typing ‘http://localhost.

[MrChris-]

IIS 7.0 has a completely modular setup design which enables control over the footprint of the Web server. GUI, command line and unattended setup options make it easy to manage the security and servicing footprint of the Web server.You can also use IIS 7.0 setup, which includes more than 40 installable features. The new IIS 7.0 core server pipeline architecture provides a high level of component granularity; the IIS team surfaces that granularity in user selectable, installable components. New to the IIS 7.0 setup is the ability to install just the feature modules that required, allowing you to deploy very thin, task specific servers, as well as lock out functionality in ways never before possible.

[SalVatore]

You can use the Web Platform Installer (Web PI) to easily install IIS, and applications that run on IIS. The Web PI is a free, lightweight tool that lets you install IIS and related technologies such as ASP.NET, SQL Server Express, Visual Web Developer, other popular Web applications, and more. Because the Web PI references and links to the latest versions of available Web Platform offerings, with just a few simple clicks you can download and install any new tools or updates.