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How to add an account to the local IIS_IUSRS group

Posted on 16/03/202123/08/2026 Christian By Christian No Comments on How to add an account to the local IIS_IUSRS group
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IIS_IUSRS group

In this article, we shall discuss “How to add an account to the local IIS_IUSRS group”. IIS_IUSRS is the group for IIS Worker Process Accounts. This means the identity that the application pool itself runs under. IUSR is the anonymous user identity. That means the identity that IIS believes to be the user who is accessing the site. This user is not a member of the IIS_IUSRS group by default. Please see how to configure SSL between WSUS upstream and downstream servers, and how to perform redirection from HTTP to HTTPS.

Add Account to User Group

Kindly refer to the following related IIS guides. How to add and remove IIS Web Server on Windows Server 2019 via the Server Manager and PowerShell, and Event ID 5059: Application pool has been disabled or Changing identity user for IIS Application Pool.

I needed to have the MBAM MBAM-RO-SVC account added to the local IIS_IUSRS group. The following steps below were how I approached it.

Fire up Server Manager

Launch the Server Manager and click Tool and then on “Computer Manager.

Alternatively, you could also search from Computer Management from the start menu or from the “Windows Administrative Tools”.

Adding accounts to IIS_IUSRS

This will open the Computer Management console. Navigate to the Local Users and Groups. Click on Groups and search for IIS_IUSRS and add the service account you created for the IIS Pool.

Local IIS group management

However, the account has been added. Click on Okay to finish the set up.

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