How to do it...

  1. Log in to Windows Server 2016 with an account with administrative privileges.
  2. Open Server Manager from the Start menu or use the search window to find it.
  3. Go to Tools | IIS Manager. Click on IIS server WIN2016IIS, go to Features View, and open IIS Manager Users, as shown here:
  1. You can add the new IIS user from IIS Manager Users (these are different from Windows users). Let's move to IIS Manager Permissions. Expand the IIS server WIN2016IIS, expand the Sites folder, click on mysite.com, go to Features View, and open IIS Manager Permissions:
  1. Go to the Actions pane, and click on Allow User.... IIS Manager permissions are ...

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