You will now remotely connect to your Virtual Machine via RDP to configure the IIS (Internet Information Services) Web Server.
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In the left-hand blade – click Virtual machines and click the VM you just created.
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On the Virtual machine blade, click Connect near the top, then click Download RDP File and Save the file. Once it is downloaded, Open it. Click Connect when prompted.
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Under More choices, Select Use a different account then enter the credentials you set when creating the VM. Use the following format for the username: .\<username>.
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At the certificate dialogue, click Yes.
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Once connected to the VM over RDP, in Server Manager (it should open automatically) click Local Server on the left and switch off IE Enhanced Security Configuration.
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Add the IIS role to the server, to do this go to Manage on the top right of Server Manager, then click Add Roles and Features.
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Click Next until you reach the Select server roles page. Scroll down and select Web Server (IIS) then click Add Features.
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Click Next until the Install button is available, then click Install. This will install IIS on the server.
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You will now have to wait for IIS to be installed, this should take no more than 5 minutes.
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Go to File Explorer and navigate to c:/inetpub/wwwroot. You should see a image called iisstart.png, right click on the file and click Edit. Draw on the image identifying which VM it is. (For example AmsVM0).
