Stuart Radcliffe

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Moving ASP.NET Web Application from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003

One thing I have to remember.

The ASPNET user no longer exists and will not be used by the web application when accessing SQL Server.  You will get an error - Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE'.  This user does not seem to exist, though.  It appears to be hidden but does exist inside the IIS_WPG group.  If you add this group as your SQL Server Login and give it the access permissions previously enjoyed by ASPNET then it should work.

posted on Monday, October 23, 2006 11:35 AM