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IIS Express is the developer version of full IIS that doesn't require Administrator rights to run. See also the [iis] tag.

IIS Express is the developer version of full IIS, that doesn't require Administrator rights to run. It is designed as a replacement for the ASP.NET Development Server (aka Cassini) which ships with some releases of Visual Studio. IIS Express has several releases so far, and can be downloaded as separate installer or part of Visual Studio.

Official documentation is on IIS.net here and here.

See also

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IIS Express 7.5 not processing requests concurrently

Just installed IIS Express 7.5 and am trying to debug a concurrency issue in an ASP.NET MVC 3 application. I don't however seem to be able to get the web server to process requests concurrently, they just get executed one by one. I'm running Apache…
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aspnetcore.dll failed to load

I usually dev on a windows 7 desktop, using visual studio 2015 update 3. I have the same vs2015.3 on my windows 10 laptop. I copied an asp mvc 5 app I am working on to the laptop but it wont run when I try to launch it from VS. I get the…
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How to set up URL of ASP.NET Core Web Application in Visual Studio 2015

I've create a ASP.NET Core Web Application in Visual Studio 2015 named "HelloASPNETCore", with the default template which has one controller "Home" and several actions "Index", "Contact".....etc; now I want to launch it on IIS Express with the root…
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Where is IIS Express 7.5 wwwroot Directory

Using Windows 7 I have installed the IIS Express 7.5 but I cant find where is the wwwroot directory on my system! There is no "inetpub" folder on my C drive as well. Can you please let me know where I can put a file like hello.aspx file to be…
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How to keep IIS Express running after finished debugging?

I'm using IIS 7 express to test a ASP.Net MVC 3 project on my development machine and normally it keeps running after I finished debugging, which is a good thing so that I can perform small tests directly in the browser without needing to run the…
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Enabling PHP on IIS Express with Visual Studio (sans WebMatrix)

I am working on this web application which is mostly .NET, but a part is written in PHP. In my development environment, IIS Express is my web server of choice, so I would prefer to get PHP and .NET work together in this environment. First naive…
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IIS Express Web Server - (Every) Port is in Use?

Today I installed VS2010 SP1 Beta, and IIS 7 Express, as I currently have IIS5 on my local development machine and thought I'd try IIS Express out. I have gone into the properties window for my Web Application, checked the 'Use IIS Express'…
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How can I restart IIS Express within Visual Studio?

We are currently heavily tweaking applicationhost.config files within our Visual Studio solutions in order to get additional host header bindings up and running. Is there a way to quickly restart IIS Express from Visual Studio without having to…
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VS2015 Update 2 - Stops IISExpress With Edit & Continue Disabled

I just installed Update 2 into VS2015 (pro edition). Now, when I stop the project, IISExpress is automatically stopped. This was not happening before the update. Has anyone else experienced this? And more importantly, is there a better fix than…
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Visual Studio 2015 debugger uses local applicationhost.config instead of Global Configuration

I have a weird situation where even when the following setting is set in the csproj: True Visual Studio 2015 still creates sites in the local .vs directory…
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HTTPS stopped working with IIS express

I went through this whole procedure http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WorkingWithSSLAtDevelopmentTimeIsEasierWithIISExpress.aspx a couple weeks ago and got https working on port 443 of all my IPs. The machine was rebooted a few days ago and I tried…
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Using IIS Express with a team - when not using localhost

I assume we must be missing a trick as we are finding using IIS Express with teams quite painful. The issue is IIS Express' applicationhost.config is stored locally in each persons MyDocuments folder, and thus separate to the Visual Studio solution…
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Is there a 64-bit build of IIS express 7.5?

The documentation at http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/1010/iis-75-express-readme/ says that: Both 32-bit and 64-bit systems are supported, however only a 32-bit build of IIS 7.5 Express exists. Why is this limitation there? are there any plans to…
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How to Run PHP on IIS7.5 Express?

I have Win XP SP3 and have installed IIS7.5 Express and want to run PHP on it. I am able to run simple HTML code on the server, I am able to start and stop the server by running iisservices.exe, but I am not able to run php scripts on it. If I have…
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Custom errors not working with IISExpress

I have a asp.net mvc application and am trying to get custom errors working with IISExpress. Works in Casini fine: When I've…
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