Downloading and Installing the Documentation Package

The downloadable documentation package includes all of the Essential documentation pages that are available on our documentation website.

Before You Begin

Make sure that you have a Web Server application installed on you computer. For example, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

Procedure

1. Download the documentation package to your local drive:

   Documentation Files (zip file)

2. Go to the location where you saved the documentation package, and then extract the contents to a folder on your computer.

3. Using any web server application, add a local website for the offline documentation. For example, to add a website using Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, complete the following steps:

   1. On the Connections pane in IIS Manager, right-click the Sites node, and then click Add Website....

      The Add Website dialog box appears.

   2. In the Site name box, enter a name for the offline documentation site. For example, OfflineDocs. The Application Pool for the new site is created automatically.

   3. In the Physical Path box, click the browse button (…) and navigate to the root folder of the extracted documentation package. For example, C:\offlinedocs.

   4. If the default port 80 is already assigned to another site, then in the Port box, enter a different port number. For example, 81.

   5. Click OK.

4. On your web browser, type the URL for the offline documentation site in the following format:

   http://localhost:<port>/<docversion>/essential/

   For example, http://localhost:81/2023e/essential/.

For additional information about setting up the website in IIS Manager, see Microsoft documentation: Build a Static Website in IIS