Assigning Permissions to an IIS 8 User Account

The next step in the user-creation process is to assign the appropriate permissions to the newly created user account. This process allows the user to configure delegated features for a specific website or application. Follow these steps to authorize a user account to connect to a site or an application:

1. In IIS Manager, navigate to the Connections pane, expand the IIS server, and then expand the Sites node.

2. Specify the site to which the user account will be granted authorization, and then open the IIS Manager Permissions feature, which is located in the Central Details pane.

3. On the IIS Manager Permissions feature page, click the Allow User task, which is located in the Actions pane.

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