iis windows authentication is missing at windows 10 (ASP.NET Visual Studio 2015)

Question

I am trying to run an asp .net website in Visual Studio 2015 that is using windows authentication in IIS7. Although I installed IIS in my PC, while trying to add "windows authentication" from

Control Panel-> Turn Windows features on or off-> Internet Information Services -> World Wide Web Services -> Security

it seems that this feature is missing from the list.

Have a look at the picture.

What other options do I have in order to run the project via windows authentication?

Answer 1

Windows 10 Home edition doesn't include Windows Authentication (and a bunch of other IIS security features). However, the package with these features is sitting right there in your OS and you can manually install it.

All you need to do is open an elevated command prompt and run:

dism /online /norestart /add-package:%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-IIS-WebServer-AddOn-2-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.16299.15.mum

• Filename above may be slightly different since it's based on system bitness and version

Then just make your way back to:

Turn Windows features on or off > Internet Information Services > World Wide Web Services > Security

All the "pro" options under Security will be available. Simply check "Windows Authentication" and reboot.