Is it possible to Downgrade IIS Express 8 -> IIS Express 7.5 with VS2012

Question

We are looking to migrate VS2010->VS2012.

On installation VS2012 installs IISExpress 8 by default. It does not appear that there is any way to disable this option.

Our production environment uses IIS7.5 so it would be desirable from a diagnostic point of view to maintain version parity between production and development environments.

Is there any way to downgrade from IISExpress 8 -> IISExpress 7.5 while still using Visual Studio 2012

Answer 1

There is an asnwer to this in IIS forums:

Reference: here

Question:*

Is it possible to install Visual Studio 2012 and exclude IIS Express 8.0 from the install package? It's not listed as a customizable option in the AdminDeployment.xml file.

Answer:

Yes, you can. You can try to uninstall IIS Express 8.0 using add or remove a Windows Component in Control Panel. Please navigate to "Programs and Features" in control panel, then uninstall "IIS 8.0 Express".

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Question:

Is it possible to uninstall IIS Express 8 and re-install IIS Express 7.5 after the fact?

Answer:

In my opinion, yu can re-install it. However, you need to make sure that it has been installed in the following Windows editions which IIS 7.5 Express supports.

Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Vista SP1 or later Windows XP SP3 Windows Server 2003 SP2 Both 32-bit and 64-bit systems are supported, however only a 32-bit build of IIS 7.5 Express exists.