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How to Configure a SiteMinder Web Agent on IIS 7.5

To configure an SiteMinder Web Agent for an IIS 7.5 web server, use the following process:

1. Verify the following prerequisites:
   • The SiteMinder Web Agent is installed.
   • The computer running the SiteMinder Web Agent was restarted after the installation (without running the SiteMinder Web Agent Configuration wizard).
   • The web server (IIS) role is added your web server.
2. Add role services to your IIS 7.5 web server.
3. If you are using the SiteMinder Windows authentication scheme, add the Windows authentication role service to your IIS 7.x web server.
4. Configure a classic-mode application pool for SiteMinder.
5. Move the applications you want to protect with SiteMinder to the classic-mode application pool.
6. Run the Web Agent Configuration wizard.
7. Add the ISAPI filters to all the web sites on the IIS 7.5 web server that you want to protect with SiteMinder.
8. Add the handler mappings to all the web sites on the IIS 7.5 web server that you want to protect with SiteMinder.
9. Grant the classic-mode application pool identity permissions for the following directories:
   • web_agent_home\config
   • web_agent_home\log
10. If you are using the SiteMinder Windows authentication scheme, create and configure the virtual directory.