IIS detection on Vista: Where's my Windows Authentication option ?

I am trying to install RS on Vista. I notice that the list of IIS features to turn on, listed in the KB article and blog entries, mentions a "Windows Authentication" IIS feature to check under Security. I don't have that (although I have one labeled "Basic Authentication") -- I'm on a "workgroup" computer at home.

Does this mean that you simply can't install RS on Vista unless you're joined to a domain? Thanks,

-Doug

You an use Basic Authentication. Windows Auth is more secure and the suggested auth type. You do not need to be joined to a domain to install RS.|||

The issue is not which options are supported by RS, but which options allow SQL Setup to detect the presence of IIS 7 successfully, as a pre-condition to installing RS.

I have since discovered my answer, though it's an annoying and ironic one: IIS 7 does not support Windows Authentication in Windows Home Premium Edition. Therefore RS cannot be installed. Windows Authentication is one of the requirements for SQL Setup to detect IIS successfully.

What's in IIS 7 by Vista edition: http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=2&subtabid=25&i=1100

What SQL Setup needs to detect IIS: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920201/en-us

Rationale: "The IIS 7 role on the Windows Vista Home Premium Edition is to support the needs of the casual or hobbyist web developers; as such the majority of the IIS 7 Web Server features required for web site development are available. Features not normally associated with hobbyist web development such as FTP server, advanced Web authentication and authorization, and remote administration are not available on the Vista Home Premium Edition."

-Doug

IIS detection on Vista: Where's my Windows Authentication option ?

I am trying to install RS on Vista. I notice that the list of IIS features to turn on, listed in the KB article and blog entries, mentions a "Windows Authentication" IIS feature to check under Security. I don't have that (although I have one labeled "Basic Authentication") -- I'm on a "workgroup" computer at home.

Does this mean that you simply can't install RS on Vista unless you're joined to a domain? Thanks,

-Doug

You an use Basic Authentication. Windows Auth is more secure and the suggested auth type. You do not need to be joined to a domain to install RS.|||

The issue is not which options are supported by RS, but which options allow SQL Setup to detect the presence of IIS 7 successfully, as a pre-condition to installing RS.

I have since discovered my answer, though it's an annoying and ironic one: IIS 7 does not support Windows Authentication in Windows Home Premium Edition. Therefore RS cannot be installed. Windows Authentication is one of the requirements for SQL Setup to detect IIS successfully.

What's in IIS 7 by Vista edition: http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=2&subtabid=25&i=1100

What SQL Setup needs to detect IIS: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920201/en-us

Rationale: "The IIS 7 role on the Windows Vista Home Premium Edition is to support the needs of the casual or hobbyist web developers; as such the majority of the IIS 7 Web Server features required for web site development are available. Features not normally associated with hobbyist web development such as FTP server, advanced Web authentication and authorization, and remote administration are not available on the Vista Home Premium Edition."

-Doug

IIS & SQL Server 2005 Express Edition installation problems in Vista

Hi,

Im encountering yet another problem in Vista(Vista Home Premium). I have turned on all IIS features from control panel. When I open http://localhost it gives the error

HTTP Error 404.4 - Not Found

Description: The resource you are looking for does not have a handler associated with it

How should i resolve this?

Also, when I try to install SQL server 2005 express edition, it gives the warning that IIS is not installed, though I have installed all the features and it is running.

I have been struggling for the past one week, just to install SQL server on vista!

Please help.

Thanks

Hi,

see this here: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1270203&SiteID=1

HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de|||

Hi, I have gone through the entire thread you pointed me to... but to no avail. I have installed asp.net under IIS without any problems, but im still having the same issues i mentioned earlier. When I open IIS manager, under handler mappings, ISAPI-dll and CGI-exe are disabled by default. Could this be a problem? How do I enable them? please help.

|||Added the defauly http handler for *.htm and *.html extensions in IIS manager. It seems fine now.