MS IIS availability?

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Ginny Caughey [MVP]

IIS is included with Windows servers and XP operating systems, so probably
you have it already. (If you are using a TabletPC, it is not installed by
default, but you have it already.) It is not part of VS.
 
Server or XP Profesional, not "XP Home Edition" although there is a
document hack to get it installed into "XP Home Edition", but I found
it a bit un-reliable.

Chris
 
we have VS.Net 2003 installed at my workplace. is MS IIS software supposed
to be part of the VisualStudio package? i am looking to develop several web
applications and cannot even get started without VS being able to locate the
web server.
 
With Windows XP CD inserted on CD-ROM drive, just go to Control Panel
--> Add/Remove Programs and click Add/Remove Windows Components in the
left hand side.It's the third button I think. Then choose Internet
Information Services (IIS) (bottom), dive into advanced options or
properties, I suggest you to check almost all and click OK. IIS will be
installed from CD. It is not installed by default in Windows XP, you
have to manually install it.

Hope it helps. Regards.
 
Rodeo,

VS2005 does ship with a "development" webserver.. This is not a
full-blown IIS however. I'm not sure exactly what the
capabilities/limitations of using this webserver are. The idea was
that development can start on a website with *only* VS2005, and not be
dependent on having IIS available. Some companies are a little
hesitant to install IIS on their corporate network, thus having this
webserver bundled into VS2005 seems like a good idea.

I have not used the webserver bundled within VS2005, however, so I
can't speak to its realiability, etc.

--steve
 
Lonifasiko,

I haven't installed plain XP for years, but I thought it was installed by
default. I use TabletPC versions of XP, and there you do have to use
Add/Remove Windows Components although IIS is already on the disk drive so
you don't need the CD.
 
A few months ago I had to install IIS in my plain XP Professional at
home.

I can assure you the XP CD it's more than a need.

Regards.
 
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