how to install and use IIS Express

What is IIS Express?

According to IIS.net IIS Express is: "IIS Express is a lightweight, self-contained version of IIS optimized for developers. IIS Express makes it easy to use the most current version of IIS to develop and test websites." More information you can find here.

In this blog I will show you how to install IIS Express 7.5 using Web Platform Installer.

Run you WPI and choice IIS 7.5 Express

Click Install to install

Click

Click Accept!

Click Finish

By default Visual Studio will use integrated web server development, we will change by choosing Use IIS Express.... as you can see in the screenshot below

Visual studio will alert you for changing, now you can start developing web application normally, When you start web application you will see IIS Express running status instead of web development server.

Have fun