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            <h1>How to Install Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) on Windows Server</h1>
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          <h2>What is IIS (Internet Information Services)?</h2>

<blockquote><em>Internet Information Services (IIS) for Windows&reg; Server is a flexible, secure and manageable Web server for hosting anything on the Web. From media streaming to web applications, IIS&#39;s scalable and open architecture is ready to handle the most demanding tasks. -<a href="https://www.iis.net/" target="_blank">https://www.iis.net/</a></em></blockquote>

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	<li>Log into the Windows server with an account with admin privileges</li>
	<li>Launch Server Manager from the Start menu if it does not automatically load</li>
	<li>Click Add roles and features</li>
	<li>Click Next on the Before you begin screen</li>
	<li>Select Role-based or feature-based installation &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Leave Select a server from the server pool selected and select the current Windows server &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Check the Web Server (IIS) box</li>
	<li>A popup will appear with additional required roles and features, click the Add Features button</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Next on the Select features screen</li>
	<li>Click Next on the Web Server Role (IIS) screen</li>
	<li>Select any additional role services to include in the installation (Common HTTP Features &gt; HTTP Redirection; Security &gt; Windows Authentication are recommended)</li>
	<li>Click Install on the confirmation screen</li>
	<li>Leave the installation progress screen open until the install completes</li>
	<li>Once the Feature installation completes successfully, click the Close button</li>
	<li>Click the Start menu &gt; Search for IIS &gt; Select Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager</li>
	<li>In IIS Manager, expand the server name &gt; Expand sites &gt; Right click on Default web Site &gt; Select Explore</li>
	<li>A File Explorer window will display the wwwroot folder for IIS</li>
	<li>Right click in the whitespace &gt; New &gt; Text Document &gt; Name the new file default.html</li>
	<li>Edit default.html in Notepad and paste the following
	<p>&lt;html&gt;<br />
	&lt;body&gt;<br />
	&lt;h1&gt;Hello world&lt;/h1&gt;<br />
	&lt;h3&gt;Served from IIS&lt;/h3&gt;<br />
	&lt;/body&gt;<br />
	&lt;/html&gt;</p>
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	<li>Save the changes to default.html and close Notepad</li>
	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/default.html</li>
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