How to set up website redirection from IIS 7 in Windows?

Using site reidrections you can redirect all the traffic visiting to different web page or website. This is pretty useful feature when it is required to forward all the traffic to specific page or website. In this article we are going to cover the same website reidrection but from IIS 7 in windows server.

In this article, you will learn about: How to set up website redirection from IIS 7 in Windows?

1. Login to Windows Server → Start → Windows Administrative Tools → Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

2. Navigate to Host → Expand Sites → Click on Website.

3. To setup HTTP Redirection → Click on HTTP Redirect.

4. Enter the required information,

Redirect all requests to the exact destination: Check this option to redirect all the requests to a specified destination regardless of relative destination.

Only redirect to content in this directory: Check this option to redirect requests to the relative directory, a subdirectory of a specified destination.

Status code: Select the status code (301, 302, 307).

301: Permanent.
302: Found.
307: Temporary.

5. Finally, to deploy redirection, click on Apply.

6. Congratulations! You have successfully setup HTTP Redirection.

Suppose you are not able to find the HTTP Redirect option in IIS Manager. Then you need to install/enable it from Server Manager manually (Server Manager → Add Roles and Features → Local Computer → Click Ok → In Roles → Web Server → Common HTTP Features →> Select HTTP Redirection.)

Conclusion

In the article, we went through how to setup website redirection from IIS 7 in windows 2012/2016. Instead of wasting existing website traffic, you can set up HTTP Redirect from IIS Manager easily using this step-by-step guide.