You have two options for remotely administering IIS. To remotely administer IIS over the Internet or through a proxy server, you should use the browser-based Internet Services Manager (HTML). To remotely administer IIS over an intranet, you can use either the browser-based Internet Services Manager (HTML) or the IIS snap-in that is hosted in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
Note You can use Microsoft Terminal Services over a network connection (such as LAN, PPTP, or dial-up) to remotely administer IIS.
To enable the browser-based Internet Services Manager (HTML)To start the browser-based Internet Services Manager (HTML)
Note Logging modules are not installed in Internet Services Manager (HTML) until the IIS snap-in is started.
To use the IIS snap-in for administering a remote site on an intranet
Note If you do not have TCP/IP and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) installed, you may see only those installations of IIS that are on the same subnet as the computer you are using.
To access the online documentation locally or remotely
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