# Add a website to Windows Server 2016 using host headers

Learn how to configure a host header in order to add additional websites to a server with Windows Server 2016. This process allows you to host multiple websites with unique domain names on the same server and IP address.

## Requirements

- A Cloud Server with Windows Server 2016.
- A registered domain name which is pointing to the server's IP address.

## Configure a host header

Use Remote Desktop to connect to the server. On the Server Manager Dashboard, click **Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager**.

[![Image:  Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/_processed_/6/8/csm_add-website-windows-server-2016-01_22decaac6b.webp " Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager")](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2020/add-website-windows-server-2016-01.jpg)      In the **Connections** pane, click to expand the server entry, then right-click **Sites**.

[![Image: Connections](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/_processed_/4/7/csm_add-website-windows-server-2016-02_4b470f386f.webp "Connections")](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2020/add-website-windows-server-2016-02.jpg)      Click **Add Website...**

[![Image: Add Website](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/_processed_/9/f/csm_add-website-windows-server-2016-03_78d664c11d.webp "Add Website")](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2020/add-website-windows-server-2016-03.jpg)      Fill out the following information:

[![Image: Fill out the information](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/_processed_/0/7/csm_add-website-windows-server-2016-04_70e5772173.webp "Fill out the information")](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2020/add-website-windows-server-2016-04.jpg)      - **Site name:** A title for the site (like Example Site)
- **Physical Path:** Click ... and choose the directory where the site's files will be stored.
- **IP Address:** Click the drop-down menu and select the server's IP address.
- **Host name:** Enter the domain name for the site (like example.com).

Click **OK** to add the site.

[![Image: add the site](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/_processed_/a/5/csm_add-website-windows-server-2016-05_c9085f0da2.webp "add the site")](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Screenshots_2020/add-website-windows-server-2016-05.jpg)      The website will be added, and you will be able to view the website's files in a browser.


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