How to use domain windows user account as app pool identity

Question

I will be using a domain windows account(maintained in Active Directory) as Application pool identity in my web server. So i want the account to be a member of IIS_W

Answer 1

On Windows Server 2012 (in my case) one have to

• add user to domain controller
• set the Domain Account as custom apppool identity on the Webserver
• set the option LoadUserProfile = True in the advanced properties of the Application Pool.