Hi
Looking at migrating an app from IIS 7.0 to 8.5 and just wanted to double check some things.
Web App runs code base from local disk, and then reads/writes data from/to a network share via DFS. The file system path is designated in the app configuration not via virtual directories.
The applications app pool is running as a locked down domain account that allows r/w access to the file share as NTFS permissions are set on the file servers.
Looking at IIS 8.5 I think we shall need to apply same configuration. I had hoped to use ApplicationPoolIdentity but this then means I need to set DOMAIN\MACHINE$ on file servers which isn't ideal from as there are other applications that run on there we don't want having access to the file system.
I did also look at the 2012 implementation of GMSA which has alot of improvements over its 2008 MSA release but GMSA is rather out of scope at the moment. http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2012/12/17/windows-server-2012-group-managed-service-accounts.aspx
Are there any other options other than having to use DOMAIN\MACHINE$ on Remote file shares when using ApplicationPoolIdentity in IIS 8.5?
Thanks