Configure IIS Components and Services

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

Add or Remove Programs helps you manage programs and components on Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 and Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0. As you enable and disable the IIS protocols and services, you correspondingly increase and decrease the attack surface of the Web server.

Tip

You can also add Windows components by using the Configure Your Server Wizard.

Procedures

To configure IIS components and services

  1. In Control Panel, open Add or Remove Programs.

  2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.

  3. On the Windows Components Wizard page, under Components, click Application Server, and then click Details.

  4. Click Internet Information Services (IIS), and then click Details.

  5. Enable or disable the appropriate IIS components and services by selecting the check box to add the component or clearing the check box to remove the component.

  6. Complete the Windows Components Wizard by following the instructions in the wizard.