No Basic Authentication choice available in IIS7

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bnieland picture bnieland · Jun 7, 2011 · Viewed 41.8k times · Source

I do not have the option for Basic Authentication in IIS Manager under IIS=>Authentication. I do have the following options:

Anonymous Authentication
ASP.NET Impersonation
Forms Authentication

I am using Windows 7 professional N, and according to this, Basic Authentication should be available to me.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Answer

SLaks picture SLaks · Jun 7, 2011

Go to Programs and Features, Turn On or Off Windows Components, and enable Basic Authentication under IIS.

The complete path for Windows 7 and 8 is:

  • Control panel
  • Programs and Features
  • Turn Windows Features on or off
  • Expand: Internet Information Services => World Wide Web Services => Security
  • Select "Basic Authentication"

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