I have IIS 7 installed on a 2008 R2 domain joined server. The IIS hosts intranet website - this is what I want - all domain users will be able to access the page with no login prompt. All other users (including external users) will get a password prompt. I have tried basic authentication (no luch so far) - it is asking form login to domain users as well. Thanks

Hello, for IIS questions better use the following forum: http://forums.iis.net/Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

The simple answer is to remove all authentication options and leave Windows Authentication enabled. When the user credentials are passed by IE to the web server, if the credentials are accepted and are allowed to access the page, the user will not be prompted. however, if the credentials are not valid, the user will be prompted. If the credentials are valid, but the user does not have access, the web server will provide a Unauthorized user web page response (HTTP 401 error, I beleive). This is a very simple setup. If you try that and still have issues, you should definately post your question in the IIS forum that Meinolf provided as you may have other configuration issues on hand. Visit: anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base.