How to Set up the Web Publishing Service on the IIS server

Let's take a look at the knowledge of IIS servers today. I know that to enable the IIS Server to add Web Server functionality to Windows Server 2003, three services must be enabled. The incremental IIS group policy ensures that these services are configured to start automatically. The Web Publishing Service is one of the services.

Web Publishing service settings

Service name Member Server default value old client enterprise client high security
W3SVC
Not Installed
Automatic
Automatic
Automatic

The Web Publishing Service provides network connectivity and website management through the IIS Management Unit.

The "World Wide Web Publishing Service" must run to enable the IIS server to provide network connectivity and management through the IIS manager.

You can use group policies to protect and set the Service Startup Mode. Only the server administrator can access these settings to prevent unauthorized or malicious users from configuring or operating the service.

The Group Policy also prevents the administrator from inadvertently disabling the service.

Therefore, in all three environments defined in this Guide, we set "World Wide Web Publishing Service" to "automatic" for IIS server requirements ".