Installing IIS on Windows Server 2016+

2. Click the Add roles and features link.

3. Ensure that Role-based or feature-based installation is selected on the 'Select Installation Type' screen and then click Next.

4. Ensure that Select a server from the server pool is selected on the 'Select destination server' screen and then click Next.

5. Select Web Server (IIS), then select Add Features

6. Select Next to advance from Server Roles screen.

7. Select Next to advance from the Features screen.

8. Select Next to advance through the IIS information screen.

9. Ensure that the following options are selected. These are required unless noted as recommended:

Common  HTTP Features

• Default Document

• Directory Browsing — can be disabled after install, but the feature must be present

• HTTP Errors

• Static Content

• HTTP Redirection

Application Development

• .NET Extensibility 4.8

• ASP.NET 4.8 — StaffMap targets .NET Framework 4.8 Web Forms and Web API

• ISAPI Extensions

• ISAPI Filters

Health and Diagnostics

• HTTP Logging

• Request Monitor

Security 

• Request Filtering

• Windows Authentication — required even if using forms or Azure AD auth, as parts of the app key off it for enterprise SSO

• Anonymous Authentication — default for most pages

• Basic Authentication — required only if using Basic Auth for API access

Performance

• Static Content Compression Required

• Dynamic Content Compression Recommended

Management Tools

• IIS Management Console

NET Framework 4.8 Features Required

• .NET Framework 4.8 runtime

• ASP.NET 4.8

• WCF Services → HTTP Activation

10. Click Next, then Install to install the selected IIS options.

Other Server-level Requirements

These are not IIS features, but are required for StaffMap to run correctly:

• Windows Server 2016 or later (2019 or 2022 recommended)

• .NET Framework 4.8 runtime installed

• Visual C++ Redistributable (both x86 and x64) — for SQLite native bindings

• Application Pool settings:

  • .NET CLR Version: v4.0

  • Managed Pipeline Mode: Integrated

  • Enable 32-Bit Applications: False (unless a specific legacy component requires it)

• App pool identity must have read/write access to the Projects/ folder for per-project SQLite databases and CSV imports