Is there a free version of IIS to demo ASP.net applications on that will run on XP

Question

Hi,

Is there a free version of IIS to demo ASP.net applications on that will run on XP?

(i.e. or does one need a machine with Windows Server and it's license for a demo - e.g. if a prototype was built in VS2010 but one wanted to demo it on another PC)

Answer 1

Check out Cassini:

UltiDev Cassini is a free, light-weight and redistributable web server that can host ASP.NET 3.5, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1 applications and static HTML sites. Whenever your customers need an alternative to IIS — UltiDev Cassini web server is the answer. UltiDev Cassini was built using Microsoft Cassini web server sample as a base, but was vastly improved and expanded compared to original Cassini sample by adding lots of new features and fixing existing bugs. UltiDev Cassini runs on all flavors of Windows XP including Windows XP Home, Windows Vista, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Server.

Answer 2

You can install IIS on windows xp pro:

http://www.webwiz.co.uk/kb/asp_tutorials/installing_iis_winxp_pro.asp

However it might not be the version your after it is like version 5.1 what is basically the same version as windows 2003 so I not sure how much of .net 4.0 it can run and with asp.net mvc you got to do some routing hacking to make the routes work.

Answer 3

I've actually also come across the following link: http://adamv.com/dev/articles/iis-on-xp-home/ "Installing IIS on Windows XP Home"