Understanding the IIS Server by installing and playing with it?

A tester should know the basic of IIS Server if working on Windows world!

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Pre-requiste:
Azure Account with valid Dev Subscription

1. Register yourself an trail account on Azure portal if you do not have.
   https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/
2. Follow steps mentioned in this article https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/quick-create-portal to create a new VM using the image “Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter image”
3. Now, RDP to your VM created in the Azure portal. Go to Azure Portal and navigate to Virtual Machine panel. click on “Connect” button to login to your Virtual Machine. Make sure you have configured the VM for RDP access while creating in step 2.
4. Now follow the IIS installation video on the VM server.
5. Hit the local browser with localhost and you should see the default httml page.
6. Now, copy the public IP address of the server and hit on the browser https://xx.xx.xx.xx and you should be able to see the default IIS server
7. Do not forget to DELETE the VM you created from the Azure Portal.