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I always been about Linux webservers.

I need to make a simple page for intranet users. I was reading a guide how to setup a webpage in IIS.

But as far as I understand it doesn't capable of simply reading html files?

How can I use simple html pages, or php applications? If IIS isn't capable for PHP, could someone provide a small third party application, which could be easy on system resources?

The server which I am dealing with is Windows Server 2003

Thanx for anything!

Update:

I've followed this guide as suggested below. THat guide described pretty the same what I was doing before:

  1. I've navigated to IIS 6 administration,
  2. Created a website by the help of wizard,
  3. Set the home directory,
  4. The home directory contains one simple file, index.html which simply should display hello.
  5. I clicked "Browse" in ISS manager, to view the site. No results.

I know that the ISS works fine, there is Sharepoint services running on the same amchine..

What I am missing here?

Update2:

I am attaching a screenshot of all my sites on that machine.

Update3:

I solved this problem, it appears that IIS didn't like my host header value. It was set to wiki.local

One last question though, how can I setup, so that the page could be accessed by some kind of wording. Like wiki.local for example.

I believe these are the settings in DNS manager in windows server? Or can't it be done at all?

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IIS can certainly serve HTML, it is a normal web server in that respect. Microsoft provides a KB article on how to set up your first IIS6 website.

It can also be used to serve PHP if it is installed appropriately. On IIS7+ you can use the Web Platform Installer to easily install and configure PHP for IIS. On IIS6 it is a bit different. This ServerFault answer provides a pretty good way to do it quickly and effectively.

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