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Installing IIS on Windows Server 2025

Valid for Cloud Servers, migrated Cloud Servers, Dedicated Servers, VPS, and Server Power Deals with the Microsoft Windows Server 2025 operating system.

This article explains how to install IIS on a server with Microsoft Windows Server 2025.

The Internet Information Services (IIS) are not pre-installed in the standard installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2025.

To be able to use IIS, you must install it on the server, and then configure it. To do this, complete the following:

Install IIS using the Server Manager

Requirement

You have logged in to the server with the Administrator account.

  • Click on the Windows button and select Server Manager.
    Alternatively: Enter the term Server Manager in the search bar within the taskbar, and press the Enter key.

    The Server Manager dashboard opens.
  • In the Server Manager dashboard, click Manage > Add Roles and Features in the menu bar at the top. The Add Roles and Features Wizard window opens.
  • Click on Installation type in the left menu.
  • Select the Role-based or feature-based installation option and click Next. The Select destination server area opens.
  • Select the server on which IIS is to be installed and click Next. The Select server roles area opens.

Note

If several servers are displayed, you can quickly and easily determine the name of your server. To determine the name of your server, press the [Windows] key and the [Pause] key. On laptops without a [Pause] key, you can use the [Windows] + [Fn] + [B] keys.

  • Activate the Web Server (IIS) role.
  • Click on Add Features. The Web Server (IIS) role will now be checked.
  • Click on Next.
  • Check the desired features to be installed.
  • Click on Next. The Web Server Role (IIS) window is displayed with more information.
  • Click on Next. The Select role services window is displayed.
  • Check the desired optional services to install.
  • Click on Next. The Confirm installation selections window is displayed.
  • Click on Install. The Installation progress window opens and the installation is carried out.
  • To finish the installation, click Close.

Install IIS in the PowerShell

  • Enter PowerShell in the taskbar search and then click on Windows PowerShell.

  • Enter the following command in Windows PowerShell:

    Install-WindowsFeature -name Web-Server -IncludeManagementTools

  • Press [Enter].

The Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager is now installed.

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