Create SQL Server Login for IIS APPPOOL - IIS and SQL Server on different machines

Question

I\'ve searched thoroughly- apologies in advance if I am missing an obvious answer. Followed the recommendations at link below and the solution did not work. The so

Answer 1

One solution to your problem would be to set up a separate (not built-in) account for the application pool. You could give that account minimal rights and also give the access to SQL Server.

This way you could use a domain account which is easy to set up but still control security tightly.