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

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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.

answered Feb 07 '13 at 20:25

Peter Hahndorf

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In addition to this answer, it may be worth to comment that you will probably need to perform an `iisreset` after doing this. – Daniel Marín Sep 25 '17 at 07:31

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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Where is the security option? – epotter Feb 07 '13 at 03:35

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 16 '15 at 14:23

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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

answered Apr 16 '15 at 14:23

Dirk Koenig

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I'm pretty sure that's what the most up voted answer was also referencing. – Reaces Apr 16 '15 at 14:30
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This is likely another path to enable the same thing as in the accepted answer via GUI mechanism. – Mike Fiedler Apr 16 '15 at 14:47

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

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