Creating Virtual Machine And Configuring IIS Web Service

Introduction

In this article, we will learn about creating a Windows Server 2012 R2 and configuring IIS web service in Windows Server for hosting web pages.

Requirements

Windows Azure with Subscription

The following are the important steps to create and configure IIS on Windows Azure

Step 1

Click here to login into Azure Management Portal

Step 2

Once your Azure dashboard appears; click the virtual machine tab in that and click create a virtual machine.

Step 3

In the virtual machine, create a wizard and enter the following requirements such as DNS Name, image, size, username, password and region followed by clicking next.

Step 4

Step 5

In the virtual machine tab, select your created instance, named “SimpleServer12” and click connect option.

Step 6

.rdp file is a downloadable from the portal. Open the remote desktop connection file by double clicking them.

Step 7

Once the remote desktop connection file is opened; click the connect option.

Step 8

In the Windows security tab Window, click the username and password that is used, when creating a virtual machine and click OK.

Step 9

Finally, our Windows Server 2012 R2 data center is ready to use. On Windows Server 2012, open Server Manager.

Step 10

In the Server Manager, click the option “Add roles and features” under the local Server.