How to enable IIS7/ASP.NET and WCF HTTP Activation

Windows Vista

  1. From the Start menu, choose Settings | Control Panel | Programs | Programs and Features.
  2. Click Turn Windows Features On or Off.
  3. Under Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, select Windows Communication Foundation HTTP Activation.
  4. Under Internet Information Services, expand World Wide Web Services, then Application Development Features, then select ASP.NET.
  5. Install the selected features.

Windows Server 2008

  1. From the Start menu, choose Programs | Administrative Tools | Server Manager.
  2. In Server Manager, under Features Summary, choose Add Features.
  3. In the Add Features dialog, under.NET Framework 3.0 Features, select the .NET Framework 3.0. Under WCF Activation, select HTTP Activation. Click the Next button to install.
  4. In Server Manager, under Roles Summary, verify that Web Server (IIS) appears in the list of available roles. If it does not, click Add Roles to install Internet Information Services.
  5. In Server Manager, under Roles Summary, click Web Server (IIS).
  6. In the Web Server (IIS) management window, click Add Role Services.
  7. In the Add Role Services dialog, expand Web Server, then Application Development, select ASP.NET and click the Next button to install.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    February 13, 2009
    I’ve started working on an Azure cloud application using ASP.NET MVC , and I’m going to blog about it
  • Anonymous
    October 11, 2009
    Exactly what I needed and I am starting with Azure also.  
  • Anonymous
    April 05, 2010
    I will appreciate the steps for windows 7.
  • Anonymous
    June 13, 2010
    I've started working on Azure too, great step-by-step configuration. Thanks.
  • Anonymous
    July 24, 2010
    Thanks for this.... It came in handy!
  • Anonymous
    November 07, 2013
    It is really nice post, thank you so much.
  • Anonymous
    November 09, 2014
    iis is installed, only HTTP Activation I have to flag, do you know if requires rebbot?