

By default, you do not have administrative user rights if you are logged on as a user other than the built-in administrator, even if you were added to the local Administrators group on the computer (this is a new security feature in Windows Server® 2008 called Local User Administrator). Available Web Server (IIS) Role Services in IIS 7.5 (Windows 7)Īlso be sure that you have administrative user rights on the computer.Available Role Services in IIS 7.0 (Windows Vista).To see a list of which features are supported on the edition of Windows you are using, see one of the following: Home Basic and Starter editions include only limited basic features of IIS. Not all IIS features are supported on all editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Before You BeginĮnsure that you have installed one of the editions of Windows Vista or Windows 7 on which IIS 7 and above is supported before you proceed. If you choose to install IIS 7.0 or above manually, you can use this article for guidance. To learn more about the Web PI, see Learn about and install the Web PI.

If you still prefer to do this on your desktop, you can install IIS on it, as well as other applications and extensions easily using the Microsoft® Web Platform Installer (Web PI). Advances in cloud technologies have led many users to use Windows Azure Web Sites to host both a production site and test site, as it makes it easy to test various configurations without impacting their own personal computers.
