Creating an advanced IIS 10.0 website on Nano Server

In this recipe, we will create a website with a website header (website name) and also add an application pool. We will create a separate application pool and add the application pool to our website. We will find all the available listed application pools in IIS Server.

Getting ready

We are going to remotely connect Nano Server through PowerShell and manage IIS over the IISAdministrator module. You will need a Windows Server 2016 virtual or physical server for remote PowerShell management of Nano Server 2016. For all this installation and configuration work, you should have administrative privileges.

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