Can I automate creating a .NET web application in IIS?

Question

I need to deploy a web application on several laptops (although it is a web application, it is intended to run via localhost only - thus the need to deploy on s

Answer 1

To implement a minimal web server you can use HTTP.SYS (the core component of IIS deployed with Windows XP SP2 or higher). In .NET this can be done e.g. by using the HttpListener class in the System.Net namespace.