Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Creating a Website with IIS 8
The Default Web Site is located within the Web Sites folder in the IIS Management console. You can use the default website to publish content, but it is possible and typically advisable to create and configure a separate website.
To begin creating a new website, follow these steps:
1. In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, right-click the Sites node in the Connections pane, and click Add Website.
2. The Add Website page is opened; enter a website name such as ExpenseReport.
3. If desired, click the Select button in the Application Pool section to modify the application pool settings for this new site. The default application pool drop-down option available is DefaultAppPool.
4. In the Content Directory section, ...
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