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Would like to determine the best way to disable the IIS default welcome page for a web server that needs to publish other sub sites but would not need to expose the default welcome page.
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Would like to determine the best way to disable the IIS default welcome page for a web server that needs to publish other sub sites but would not need to expose the default welcome page.

IIS 7/7.5 on Windows 2008 R2 Default Welcome Page

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.

Microsoft IIS Web Server

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.