Internet Information Services (IIS) IS has several improvements related to performance in large-scale scenarios, such as those used by commercial hosting providers and Microsoft's own cloud offerings. Internet Information Services (IIS) Internet Information Services (IIS, formerly Internet Information Server) is an extensible web server created by Microsoft for use with Windows NT family.

IIS supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SMTP and NNTP. It is an integral part of Windows Server, though it may be absent from some editions and is not active by default.

This image is made especially for customers who are looking for deploying a pre-installed IIS for low or heavy-traffic websites and web applications and who want to create them as simple as make a cup of coffee.

Ports

The following ports are automatically open during deployment. If you are using a custom NSG or firewall appliance, you may have to open them:

• HTTP: 80
• HTTPS: 443