Granting Permission to AppPoolIdentity - IIS

References¶

Adapted from http://serverfault.com/questions/81165/how-to-assign-permissions-to-applicationpoolidentity-account

Procedure¶

1. Navigate to the folder in Windows Explorer > right-click > Properties

2. On the security tab, click the Edit button > Add button

3. In the Select Users or Groups dialog

specify "From this location" = {name of local computer}
specify "Enter the object names to select" = "IIS APPPOOL\{app pool name}"

4. Grant this use the relevant permissions