Making Http to redirect to Https

There are few ways to achieve this, like through codes and creating another IIS instance to point to HTTPs enabled IIS instance. However all of these approach is not elegant.

There are a way to achieve this, here is the checklist

1. IIS 7 installed
2. Microsoft URL Rewrite Module installed
3. Create HTTPS bindings to your IIS website and assign certificate
4. Ensure Require SSL is NOT checked under SSL Settings for your website

lastly the config changes in web.config.

Link is http://www.iis-aid.com/articles/how_to_guides/redirect_http_to_https_iis_7