What exactly does each of Local / Express IIS / External Host bring?

Question

I'm currently in the learnings of ASP.NET MVC and I've read about what IIS is and what it is needed for, but I'm somewhat confused about what the difference between Local IIS and Express IIS is, and also, what External Host is and how it could be used. What context would each of these be suitable in?

Answer 1

• Local IIS . The IIS that comes with Microsoft Windows as an add-in enabling the feature from the control panel. It's both available in some editions of home-oriented products and Windows Server System.

• IIS Express . A simplified IIS with few options and no GUI to use it as simple development server. Since some Visual Studio versions is already installed as part of its installation/setup.

• External host . I suspect that it refers to configuring a host to be reachable outside of your own machine.