Enable Other Protocols (TCP, PIPE, MSMQ etc.) In IIS

Introduction

By default, it's available only in HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols in Windows IIS though it supports others like TCP, and PIPE protocols as well. This blog demonstrates how to enable other protocols like TCP in IIS.

Getting started, we know that Windows IIS by default supports only HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols and you will get those protocols in the binding window of IIS.

But other protocols like TCP, PIPE, etc. Can be enabled by changing the IIS feature, the below steps define how to tune IIS features to enable TCP protocols.

Follow the Steps

1. Open Control Panel=>Programs=>Click on Uninstall or Change a Program=> Click on Link ‘Turn Windows Features on or off’.
   
2. Windows Features window will be opened, expand .NET Framework Advance Service.
3. Expand WCF Services=>Select All the Features HTTPActivation, Message Queuing (MSMQ) Activation, Named Pipe Activation, TCPActivation, TCP Port Sharing. Click the OK button.
   

Windows will apply the changes you made and you will get a message popup, close the window (Clicking on the close button), restart your machine, and follow the below steps.

Open IIS=> in Connections panel=> expand Sites=>Select your website=>Go to Right site Action Pane=> click on Advanced Settings=> Expand the ‘Behavior’ section In the field ‘Enable Protocols’ set these below values by commas, (http,net.tcp,net.pipe,net.msmq,msmq.formatname). Click OK button.

• For activating TCP protocol set ‘net.tcp’
• For activating the PIPE protocol set ‘net.pipe’
• For activating MSMQ Protocol set’ net.msmq’

Now you are done, if you follow the above steps correctly, you will get the mentioned protocols in the binding window.