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Limit access to your IIS site to specific security Active Directory groups

You can limit access to your IIS site to specific security Active Directory (AD) groups. Here are the steps to do this: Step 1 : Create or Identify the Security Group in Active Directory 1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC)  on your domain controller. 2. Navigate to the Organizational Unit (OU)  where you want to create the group. 3. Right-click the OU, select New  > Group . 4. Name your group and ensure the Group scope  is set to Security . 5. Add users to this group who should have access to the IIS site. Step 2: Configure IIS to Use Windows Authentication 1. Open IIS Manager  on your web server. 2. Select your site from the Connections  pane. 3. Double-click Authentication in the Features View . 4. Enable   Windows Authentication  and Disable  other authentication methods like Anonymous Authentication . Step 3 : Set NTFS Permissions for the Site Folder 1. Navigate to the folder containing your IIS site's content. 2. Right-click the folder, select Properties