Create a New Website or Edit an Existing Website in IIS

If a website is not available on the third-party machine, you must create one. If a website already exists, you must edit it.

  • You are on the third-party machine.
  1. If there is already an existing website, skip steps 2 to 6.
    To create a new website, proceed with step 2.
  1. Click Start and type IIS in the Search programs and files field.
  1. Click IIS Manager to open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
  1. Right-click the Sites node and select Add Web Site.
  1. In the Add Web Site dialog box that displays, add the following parameters:
  • Site name
  • Physical path
  • Hostname
  • Http port
  1. Click OK.
  • A website is created.
  1. In the Sites tree, select the website.
  1. From the Actions pane, click Bindings.
  1. In the Site Bindings dialog box, click Add.
  1. In the Edit Site Binding dialog box, do the following:
    a. Select https from the Type drop-down list.
    b. Enter the Port number.
    c. From the SSL certificate drop-down list, select a SSL certificate.
  1. Click OK.
  1. Click Close.
  • Binding is successful and the website is configured.
  1. Select Sites > [Website node] for which you want to enable the WebDAV Authoring Rules and double-click WebDAV Authoring Rules.
  1. In the Actions pane, click WebDav Settings.
  1. Set the following two properties as True and click Apply.
  • Allow Anonymous Property Queries
  • Allow Property Queries with Infinite Depth
  • The changes are saved successfully.