Installing IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 is a little different from installing IIS 6.0, but it’s still pretty straightforward using Server Manager. When IIS 7.0 is chosen from the Server Manager, the basic components and services needed for IIS are automatically selected. It also gives an overview of all currently installed Roles and Features. Server Manager provides a single dashboard to install or uninstall Server Roles and Features. IIS can be installed through the GUI using the new Server Manager interface after the Windows Server 2008 OS is installed. IIS 7.0 is one of the Windows Server 2008 Server Roles. On Windows Vista, IIS can be installed in two ways, through the normal GUI for adding additional Windows Features to Vista, or as part of an unattended installation. This is done using unattended installation and will be covered at the end of the article. The above installations can be automated. Server Core mode – only a command prompt & PowerShell is available for local server for administration, remote management is possible using MMC 3.0 and snap-ins.

Normal mode (GUI) – with a GUI for management and administration.

On Windows Server 2008, IIS 7 can be installed in two main ways:

In the end I’ll also cover unattended installation of IIS. This article will also cover the installation of IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista.

The normal way through the GUI interface, where IIS 7.0 is installed as one of the Server Roles.

As part of Core Server mode where IIS 7.0 is installed as one of the Server Roles,.

An IIS 7.0 web server can be installed two different ways with Windows Server 2008.

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