Windows Authentication not working in IIS Express, debugging with Visual studio 2013, Windows 8

Question

I just upgraded my application from Visual studio 2012 to Visual studio 2013. My windows authentication is not working any more. It is giving me below error.

Answer 1

It looks like you solved your own question! Good on you. In addition to this post helping me I found the following to be SUPER helpful in configuring my IIS Express.

IIS Express Windows Authentication

Edit: I've copied the important information from the associated link in case it dies. This is completely from user vikomall

option-1:

edit \My Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config file and enable windowsAuthentication, i.e:

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option-2:

Unlock windowsAuthentication section in \My Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config as follows

Alter override settings for the required authentication types to 'Allow'

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Add following in the application's web.config

Below link may help: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/376/delegating-configuration-to-webconfig-files/

After installing VS 2010 SP1 applying option 1 + 2 may be required to get windows authentication working. In addition, you may need to set anonymous authentication to false in IIS Express applicationhost.config: