To install and prepare IIS:
- Open the Server Manager.
- Click Roles > Add Roles.
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- Click Next until you reach the Select server roles.
- Select the Web Server (IIS)check box on the Server Roles window.
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- Click Add Features.
- Click Next until you reach the Select role services.
- On the Select Role Services window, tick the following check boxes:
- Common HTTP Features
- Default Document
- Directory Browsing
- HTTP Errors
- Static Content
- HTTP Redirection
- Health and Diagnostic
- HTTP Logging
- Request Monitor
- Performance
- Static Content Compression
- Security
- Request Filtering
- Windows Authentication
- Application Development
- ASP.NET 3.5 (will require to install ISAPI Extensions, ISAPI Filters, .NET Extensibility 3.5)
- ASP.NET 4.5 (will require to install .NET Extensibility 3.5)
- CGI
- Management Tools
- IIS Management Console
- IIS 6 Management Compatibility
- IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
- IIS 6 Management Console
- IIS 6 Scripting Tools (will require to install IIS 6 WMI Compatibility)
- Common HTTP Features
- Click Next.
- Click Install. Wait for a couple of minutes to finish installing the IIS Components on the Server machine.