How to Enable IIS on the Business Management Server

This topic provides steps for enabling Internet Information Services (IIS) on the business management server that is running Windows Server 2003 or Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

By default, IIS 7.0 is not installed on Windows Server 2008. You can install IIS by using the Add Roles wizard in Server Manager.

To enable IIS on the business management server that is running Windows Server 2003

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

  2. In Control Panel, double-click Add or Remove Programs.

  3. In the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, in the left pane, click Add/Remove Windows Components.

  4. On the Windows Components page, in the Components box, click Application Server, and then click Details.

  5. In the Application Server dialog box, in the Subcomponents of Application Server box, select the check boxes for ASP.NET, Enable network DTC access, Internet Information Services (IIS), and then click OK.

  6. On the Windows Components page, click Next.

  7. On the Completing the Windows Components Wizard page, click Finish.

To enable IIS 7.0 on the business management server that is running Windows Server 2008

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

  2. In RolesSummary, click AddRoles.

  3. Use the AddRolesWizard to add the following server roles:

    Select this role

    And then select this

    Common HTTP Features

    Static Content

    Default Document

    Directory Browsing

    Http Errors

    Application Development

    ASP

    ASP.NET

    .NET Extensibility

    ISAPI Extensions

    ISAPI Filters

    Health and Diagnostics

    HTTP Logging

    Request Monitor

    Security

    Basic Authentication

    Windows Authentication

    Digest Authentication

    Request Filtering

    Performance

    Static Content Compression

    Management Tools

    IIS Management Console

    IIS Management Scripts and Tools

    Management Services

    IIS6 Management Compatibility

See Also

Other Resources

Configuring the Business Management Server

Building the Data Tier

Building an Enterprise Deployment

Deployment