Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Installing and Upgrading IIS 8
The installation process and architecture for many recent and upcoming Microsoft product families are completely modularized like Internet Information Services 8 on Windows Server 2012. By providing a modularized approach, web administrators have complete control over the footprint of IIS when customizing the installation. This results in the surface area being reduced, which, in turn, drastically minimizes the chances of a security compromise.
Note
As part of the Microsoft Trustworthy security campaign, IIS 8, as was the case with IIS 7 and 7.5, is not installed on Windows Server 2012 by default. You have to add the Web Server (IIS) role via Server Manager if you want IIS installed.
Before installing or upgrading ...
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