How to Set Up an Intranet Web Server

Using Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
1. Install IIS by navigating to 'Start,' 'Control Panel' and 'Programs.' Choose 'Turn Windows Features on or off.' This will reveal a list of different Windows services that can be enabled. Choose the box for 'Internet Information Services (IIS)' and click 'OK.' IIS begins installing.
2. Place your intranet Web files in the IIS directory when the installation is complete. The default location for IIS files is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot. IIS can serve HTML files as well as JPEG, GIF, MOV, MP3 and other common media files.
3. Open a Web browser on your host machine and type 'http://localhost' into the address bar. You will be able to see any supported files you have placed in your C:\Inetpub\wwwroot directory.Alternatively, you can go to another machine on your network, open a Web browser and type 'http://hostname' (substituting the server's hostname for 'hostname').
Using Windows Apache MySQL PHP (WAMP)
4. Download Windows Apache MySQL PHP (WAMP) Server (see Resources). WAMP is a free, open-source alternative to Microsoft IIS and can run on all versions of Windows 7.
5. Open the WAMP Server executable installation file by double-clicking it. This will install WAMP.
6. Place your intranet Web files in the WAMP directory after the installation is complete. The default location for WAMP files is C:\wamp\www\. WAMP can serve HTML files and PHP files, as well as common media types like JPEG, GIF and MP3.
7. Open a Web browser on your host machine and type 'http://localhost' into the address bar. You will be able to see any supported files you have placed in your C:\wamp\www. If you have not placed any files in this location, you should see the WampServer Configuration page that will output the versions of Apache, MySQL, PHP and any extensions installed.Alternatively, you can go to another machine on your network, open a Web browser and type 'http://hostname' (substituting the server's hostname for 'hostname').