IIS Installation in Windows 7 (Internet Information Services)

You need to configure IIS first before installing SQL Server 2005 in Windows 7. To do so, follow the steps below:

1. Log-on with a user having administrative privileges, or invoke applications explicitly as the built-in Administrator using the command ‘runas /user:administrator cmd.exe’.


2. Install IIS 7 on Vista

--> Start

   --> Control Panel

      --> Programs

         --> Programs and Features

            --> Turn Windows features on or off

               --> Enable <Internet Information services>



3. Enable various features of IIS

--> Web management tools

   --> IIS 6 Management Compatibility

      --> IIS 6 WMI Compatibility

      --> IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility

--> World Wide Web Services

   --> Application Development Features

      --> ASP.NET

      --> ISAPI Extensions

      --> ISAPI Filters

   --> Common Http Features

      --> Default Document

      --> Directory Browsing

      --> HTTP Redirection

      --> Static Content

   --> Security

      --> Windows Authentication



4. Install SQL Server 2005.