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Hello,
I am having a problem where when I connect remotely to a server via RDP, and I open IIS, nothing shows up on the dashboard. (Please see image attached)
Here is how it should look like, with all the sites available.
Any help is appreciated!
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Please ensure that the user account you are using to connect to the server via RDP has administrative privileges or at least the necessary permissions to access IIS. Non-admin users may not have the rights to view the IIS dashboard.
That’s expected, and the first button with icon on the Connections panel is where you should add new server connections.
Only after you have valid connections, you can manage the target servers.
The IIS Manager help can be found online at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-r2-and-2008/cc753400(v=ws.10)