Understanding the Web Server Role
The Web Server Role is the most obvious of the SharePoint roles, as most people understand the concept of a server running an application that serves up web pages to users that request them. In SharePoint’s case, that application is Windows Server’s Internet Information Services (IIS) application. A SharePoint farm member running the Web Server Role is responsible for rendering SharePoint content, including web parts, page layout, and all other information displayed to the user.
A SharePoint Web Server Role runs on either Windows Server 2008 x64 IIS 7.0 or, preferably, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 IIS 7. In both cases, SharePoint 2010 requires specific roles to be installed in advance of installation, including ...
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