Since Windows Server 2008 or more accurately since IIS 7.0 there is an option that only the members of the local Administrators group are allowed to manage the web services. However, you can unlock a feature when you want configuration to be read and written in lower-level configuration files, such as a Web.config file in your site or application.” When you lock a feature, configuration can only be read and written in the server-level configuration file for that feature. When you configure the delegation state of a feature from IIS Manager, you specify whether the feature’s related configuration section is locked or unlocked in the server-level configuration files (nfig and root Web.config) for IIS 8.5. Per definiton: „Use the Feature Delegation page to configure the delegation state of IIS Manager features for sites and applications on your web server. This article would like to show the possibilities of Feature Delegation that is part of the Internet Information Services (IIS) 8.5 that is available on Windows Server 2008 R2.įor those who has never heard about the IIS 8.5 I suggest that visit the following URL: What is Feature Delegation?
