How to Install IIS in Windows 10 (3 Methods)

This guide demos 3 methods to install IIS in Windows 10. IIS (Internet Information Services) is a Windows 10 optional feature that can be enabled or disabled as you wish.

Option 1: Install IIS from Control Panel

The first method covered in this guide is how to enable IIS optional feature from Control Panel.

Here are the steps:

• Type control panel in Windows 10 search bar. Then click it from the search results.

• When Control Panel opens confirm that View by is set to Category. If not click the drop-down and select Category.

• Then click Programs.

• At Programs and Features, click Turn Windows features on or off. A new pop up window will open. If the Windows Features window is too small, you can expand it (see the second image below).

• Then at the Windows Features pop up screen, locate Internet Information Services and click the check box beside it. This will check the default sub-features.

• If you wish to customize the features, click the + sign beside Internet Information Services. You can then expand each of the 3 sub-features and check any additional feature(s) you wish to install. When you finish making your selection, click OK.

• The feature installation will commence by searching for required files.

• Then the features will be applied…

• When the installation is completed click Close.

• To confirm that the installation is successful, type IIS in the search bar..

Option 2: Install IIS with Command Line

As you would expect, you can also install IIS in Windows 10 from command prompt.

Here are the steps to enable IIS with DISM command:

• Type cmd in search bar. Then beneath Command Prompt, click Run as Administrator.

• At command prompt, type the command below. Then press enter.

DISM.exe /Online /Get-Features | find "IIS"

The result of the command will display all available IIS features…

• To install default features of IIS, type the command below. Then press enter.

Dism /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:IIS-DefaultDocument /All

The command initiates the install…

• Wait for the Enabling feature(s) bar to reach 100%.

Option 3: Install IIS with PowerShell

The final method covered in this guide demos how to install IIS with Windows PowerShell.

Here are the detailed steps:

• Type powershell in search bar. Then beneath Windows PowerShell, click Run as Administrator.

• To list all IIS optional features, type this command in PowerShell. Then press enter.

Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online | Where-Object {$_.FeatureName -like "IIS*"} | Format-Table

Here are the results in PowerShell (Some of the displayed results are hidden in this image)

• Then to install default IIS features, type the command below and press enter.

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "IIS-DefaultDocument" -All

• PowerShell will begin IIS installation.

• Then when it is completed, it will return a result similar to the one below.

The methods in this guide offers you 3 options to install IIS in Windows 10. The methods demonstrated how to perform the default installation.

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