Installing IIS 8 on Windows 8

Not every IT professional using Windows requires IIS (Internet Information Server). This is why Windows 8 ships with the latest version of IIS, IIS 8, but not included in the default installation. So you will still need to install IIS from “Turn Windows Features on/off”. Essentially there is no difference between installing IIS 7 on Windows 7 and installing IIS 8 on Windows 8. It’s just a little different to get there in Windows 8.
If you are an ASP.NET developer and want to give .NET 4.5 a try by using Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 8, you will need to install IIS 8 on your system!

Following are the steps to install IIS 8 on Windows 8 in a developer way:

1 – To install IIS 8, press Windows key + R combination. This will pop open the Run window. Type “appwiz.cpl” in Open text box and then press enter.

2 – This will open the Program and Feature part of the Control Panel, which can also be accessed by going to Control Panel first. Now, click on the “Turn Windows features on or off” option in the left hand side pane.

3 - Now click on Internet Information Services check box.

3.1 – If you are a developer you may want to expand the Internet Information Services node to explore the sub-components as well. By default, only those components are selected which are just enough to host a website, but usually developers require more components to aid their development efforts.

4 – After you are done selecting components, click on OK which will pop open the following window.

5 – Once the installation is done, open Internet Explorer and navigate to localhost and you should see the following result in your browser.