Https has become the de-facto standard when it comes to setting up a site being internal or external. Apart from the security implications after changes to its ranking algorithm google gives sites with https entry point a higher ranking.
Eliminating the http entry point altogether is not an option as the users don’t type the https prefix. To solve this issue we can perform a redirect from http to https. Redirecting traffic to our secure channel
The following is the procedure to redirect a site from HTTP to HTTPS protocol using IIS.
Launch IIS Manager and select the site you wish you redirect
Select URL Rewrite.
Add new rule
Add the URL Pattern
Setup the pattern to match the url.
Add a Condition
Add a condition that will be triggered based on attributes of the URL in our case it has to http traffic
Add an a Redirection action
- Change the Action Type to Redirect.
- Set the Redirect URL to https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}
- Change Redirect Type to 303.
