Hi,
I have an SQL Express 2014 database in my local machine and a .NET 4.5 web app which connects to it. To run my app using my local machine for the purpose of demos to clients, I Publish my web app to the local drive and run it off localhost IIS. In my local IIS Manager, I created an Application Pool 'DefaultAppPool' which is used to login to the SQL database. I also added a User for my database 'IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool', which has the necessary permissions to access the database.
My problems started when I had to remove User 'IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool' in order to deploy my app to Azure (which doesn't allow usernames with a '\'). Now when I run my app on localhost, it spits out an error:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database "myDB" requested by the login. The login failed. Login failed for user 'IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool'.
Question: How can I connect to my database from IIS without creating a user 'IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool' in SQL Server? My database currently has a User 'dbo' which has full access to the tables. How can I get IIS to use 'dbo' to login to the SQL database?
I have no issue giving the IIS full access to my database, as it is all on my local machine. Thank you.
