IIS 7.0 Beta: Installing IIS 7.0 on Windows Server "Lon

[Shane Melson]

By default, IIS 7.0 is not installed on Windows Server Code Name “Longhorn”. You can install IIS by using the Add Roles Wizard in Server Manager.

Requirements

Administrative Credentials

You must be a member of the following IIS administrative role or roles to perform this procedure:

• Web Server Administrator


To Install IIS 7.0 on Windows Server "Longhorn"
You can perform this procedure using the user interface (UI) or a script.

Using the UI

Important:
If you use Add Roles Wizard to install IIS, you get the default installation, which has a minimum set of role services. If you need additional IIS role services, such as Application Development or Health and Diagnostics, make sure to select the check boxes associated with those features in the Select Role Services page of the wizard.


1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools and then click Server Manager.

2. In Roles Summary, click Add Roles.

3. Use the Add Roles Wizard to add the Web server role.


Using a script

• Type the following command into a script:

start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-HttpRedirect;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASPNET;IIS-NetFxExtensibility;IIS-ASP;IIS-CGI;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-ServerSideIncludes;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-ODBCLogging;IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-URLAuthorization;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-IPSecurity;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementConsole;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;IIS-ManagementService;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;IIS-LegacyScripts;IIS-LegacySnapIn;IIS-FTPPublishingService;IIS-FTPServer;IIS-FTPManagement;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI

Important
If you use this script, you get the full IIS installation, which installs all available feature packages. If there are feature packages you don't need, you should edit the script to install only the packages you require.