Publish to IIS 7.5

Question

User1510859543 posted

We installed a new IIS server with IIS 7.5.  If I try to publish a web app to the IIS 7.5 server from Visual Studio 2008 on my PC I get the message below.  Can anyone point me to solution?  Thanks.

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Error: Unable to create the Web site 'http://lifedevr2/FAWeb/'.  Forbidden
========== Build: 1 succeeded or up-to-date, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========
========== Publish: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========

Answer 1

User-1635195291 posted

HI dlchase,

Please try to follow the steps in the thread below that will gets things sorted out

http://www.iis.net/learn/develop/using-visual-studio-with-iis/using-visual-studio-2008-with-iis

or else follow the steps below:

Remove and then reinstall Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and BITS at the same time. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
3. Double-click Application Server.
4. Click to clear the Internet Information Services (IIS) check box.
5. Click OK, click Next, and then click Finish.
6. Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
7. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
8. Double-click Application Server.
9. Click to select the Internet Information Services (IIS) check box.
10. Double-click Internet Information Services (IIS).
11. Click to select the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Server Extensions check box.
12. Click OK, click OK, click Next, and then click Finish.
13. Try to create the Web site by using the Remote Administration (HTML) tool.

For more details visit:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832916

Thanks,

Jatin

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Answer 2

User-848409960 posted

Check these links.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832916

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822322