How do I enable Basic Authentication for IIS 8 in Windows Server 2012

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I have a website that needs to use Basic Authentication. I want to host it on a Windows Server 2012 box. But in IIS in the Authentication page for the web site, Basic Authentication is not available.

How do I enable Basic Authentication for IIS 8 in Windows Server 2012?

score 24 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '13 at 20:25

Open an elevated command-prompt or PowerShell:

dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:IIS-BasicAuthentication

Now you will have the Basic Authentication option in the Authentication page in IIS Manager.

This works in Server Core and is much quicker than using the GUI.

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 05 '13 at 13:42

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In server manager, in Web Server (IIS)/Security, add Basic Authentication which then should show up in IIS web site authentication settings.

answered Feb 05 '13 at 13:42

Yung Chou

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 16 '15 at 14:23

I know this is an older topic, but I had the same question as epotter regarding where to find the option. I discovered that it's actually part of the IIS role in Server Manager's 'Add Roles and Features', Under 'Web Server', 'Web Server', 'Security'. You should find Basic Authentication as a check box.

Dirk

How do I enable Basic Authentication for IIS 8 in Windows Server 2012

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