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Generating a Certificate

Dear, We have the following message, when trying to navigate the website: We have our site hosted on an IIS server!!!. We want to know what would be wrong?. Perhaps we entered the name incorrectly on the certificate? We see that the certificate…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-04-28T20:33:55.9533333+00:00
Lucas Peñaloza 531 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-06T10:13:26.62+00:00
Tom Tran (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 4,860 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

IIS Architecture

Looking at the official Microsoft Documentation, be more accurate the IIS architecture diagram, it isn't clear how external requests reach the w3wp process. Does w3wp process takes request from a queue in kernel space? Or the transmission of request…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-04-30T00:00:47.51+00:00
Nicola Sergio 80 Reputation points
accepted 2026-05-05T11:14:04.2166667+00:00
Nicola Sergio 80 Reputation points
2 answers

How do I remove this IIS from my computer?

I did not ask for IIS so I would like it deleted. How do I accomplish that?

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-04-23T21:35:45.34+00:00
Marie Swarts 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-30T16:49:01.27+00:00
Marie Swarts 5 Reputation points
1 answer

facing issues while accessing my hosted IIS application from outside

i have launched a Window Server. i can see IP 20.81.162.169 and i have given domain ansalshrms.eastus2.cloudapp.azure.com . i have configured IIS and it's running . i have configured applications that also running but when i am trying to access outside…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-04-21T05:19:52.24+00:00
Sandeep 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-28T09:26:31.43+00:00
Tom Tran (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 4,860 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Windows 12?

Is there any plans for a windows 12 or something on the lines of that

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2025-10-06T17:00:59.65+00:00
Drew Eastvold 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-04-26T07:01:59.2966667+00:00
Dr. Shrish Gandhi 0 Reputation points
3 answers

IIS returns 401 for newly uploaded files but existing files work (Azure VM WordPress)

We are hosting a WordPress site on Azure VM (Windows Server + IIS). Issue: Newly uploaded images return 401 Unauthorized, while existing images in the same folder work correctly. Example: Working: Old images load fine Not working:…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-03-26T04:55:38.07+00:00
Akesh Mohanan Webotix 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-04-24T21:44:27.4233333+00:00
jahangirbokhs1 5 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

HTTP 404 issue

Hi, Due to the issue 11234 Server Error in '/' Application. The resource cannot be found. Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2022-11-18T02:08:36.28+00:00
Scott Huang 3,511 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-04-14T02:15:01.45+00:00
Aaron Xue-MSFT 2,601 Reputation points Moderator
1 answer

IIS-hosted ASP.NET app using Sybase DirectCONNECT intermittently hangs, requires app pool recycle

We are facing an intermittent production issue where an IIS-hosted application using the Sybase DirectCONNECT client becomes unresponsive (hung) once or twice every 1–2 weeks. The application does not crash, but all incoming requests remain stuck in…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-01-30T13:11:59.01+00:00
Sridhar Kumar N 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-27T02:34:37.94+00:00
Danny Nguyen (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 6,785 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Server Error in '/' Application, Login failed for user 'Doamin\user$'

I am migrating a web application from one server to another new server. Everything is fine until I publish the project on the new server. After I logon I get a server error in '/' Application. The error message is: Server Error in '/' Application.…

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Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2022-01-17T19:24:52.427+00:00
2956 1 Reputation point
answered 2026-03-24T15:27:46.74+00:00
Bruce (SqlWork.com) 83,821 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

IIS abruptly closes TCP connection when receiving a request with "Connection: close" header

Yesterday I've updated Windows on my pc, I assume my IIS webserver also must have been updated. Before the update I could send requests to my IIS webserver with the "Connection: close" header and it would behave fine. Now it seems to abruptly…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-03-13T06:41:01.16+00:00
Laurens PLUMET 30 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-24T10:22:48.7833333+00:00
Laurens PLUMET 30 Reputation points
2 answers

Could not retrieve an OCSP response error

Hello everyone and thanks for the help in advance. My Windows Server 2022 webserver inexplicably stopped being able to serve webpages, registering the following error: Could not retrieve an OCSP response. The Failure Reason is:…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-03-01T01:41:02.4733333+00:00
Kmcnet 1,356 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-18T23:34:37.4366667+00:00
Lex Li 6,042 Reputation points
3 answers

IIS no longer displaying my websites

I have a Windows 11 computer with IIS set up on it. I also have Visual Studio installed on the same machine. I had all of my websites loaded on a separate internal hard drive and have had it this way for years and worked perfectly fine. Yes, I know…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2025-09-03T21:57:15.78+00:00
Robert Williams 21 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-18T13:37:48.6833333+00:00
Nagashree B 0 Reputation points
2 answers

how to fix ERR_CONNECTION_RESET

i was able to get into my server through the ip 2 days ago but no longer have access to it, idk how to get past this error

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-03-05T01:50:05.71+00:00
Kenyon Papaj 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-10T08:32:50.16+00:00
Tom Tran (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 4,860 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

After creating a website with IIS, the web page cannot hide the version number. Please help.

web.txtThis is my web.config file, which contains a common method to hide IIS, but it didn't work after I used it. Below is my IIS version number.Asking the expert to provide a solution <requestFiltering…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-02-10T09:51:53.8366667+00:00
浩铨 林 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-05T10:24:25.9766667+00:00
Tom Tran (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 4,860 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

Excel deployed in apps.powerbi.com not able to talk to semantic model

Problem Statement: I have a excel file which is designed to fetch data (Pivot tables) from apps.powerbi.com semantic model. When i deploy the excel file to apps.powerbi.com its not able to refresh the data and its throwing above error

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2025-09-03T18:22:37.79+00:00
Ravishankar Balasundaram 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-01T01:11:07.7133333+00:00
kagiyama yutaka 2,245 Reputation points
1 answer

IIS Returning Bad Request - Invalid Hostname when accessing via IP address but not localhost

We have a server that suddenly started returning an HTTP 400 for Invalid Hostname after a reboot today. We have multiple other servers in the environment running the same configuration, OS version, patches etc. but do not see this issue. This IIS server…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2024-12-24T15:23:43.2166667+00:00
Sean Patterson 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-28T14:05:14.7+00:00
ao he 0 Reputation points
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to use IIS on Windows Server 2019 for reverse proxy?

Subject: How to use IIS on Windows Server 2019 for reverse proxy? Goal: I want to host my primary IIS site normally, but access an application called "OpenList" at the path https://ip/openlist. Current Setup: OS: Windows Server 2019 …

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-02-14T08:31:33.42+00:00
OldNoob 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-02-25T12:12:00.6066667+00:00
OldNoob 40 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

IIS forcibly terminates backend TCP connections (WinError 64) when reverse proxying to long-running Python server on Windows

I am experiencing repeated and unexpected backend connection terminations when using IIS as a reverse proxy to a locally running Python web server on Windows. Environment Operating System: Windows (desktop/server) Web Server: IIS Reverse proxy to a…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-01-29T07:00:19.8666667+00:00
Amjad Almaqbali 45 Reputation points
accepted 2026-02-19T05:15:37.6266667+00:00
Amjad Almaqbali 45 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

iis reverse proxy client certificate support from windows certificates store

Why there is no support for windows certificate store in internet information services reverse proxy ARR? It can only work with a PFX file, I need to work with client certificate installed in windows store, how do i archive this? Thanks.

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-01-12T08:48:22.57+00:00
GP 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-02-18T08:51:16.18+00:00
GP 20 Reputation points
2 answers

How to fix URL Rewrite in IIS for Git install on Server 2025

Having issues getting "Git for Windows" working with Win11 and Server 2025. Specifically with the XML web.config code below and the error with URL Rewrite that follows. Instructions on the web are: "How to Set Up a Git Repository on IIS…

Windows development | Internet Information Services
asked 2026-01-29T18:21:06.0866667+00:00
Pruitt, James R 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-05T08:18:38.5666667+00:00
Danny Nguyen (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 6,785 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator