Who is this article for?

IT Personnel performing the installation of Please Review.

IT access is required.

Important: This article is part of a series of articles covering the Please Review installation process. Please visit Performing a Please Review 8.0.0 Installation to view the entire process.

This article outlines the steps to configure the Please Review website in Microsoft Information Services (IIS). This is an essential part of installing and configuring Please Review.

The article is split into the following sections:

1. How to Configure the Application Pools
2. How to Configure the Virtual Directories
3. Next Steps

1. How to Configure the Application Pools

1. Launch Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. Expand the server and select Application Pools in the left-hand pane.
3. Click Add Application Pool in the right-hand pane.
4. Name the application pool Please Review.
5. Set the .NET Framework version 4.0.30319.
6. Set the Managed pipeline mode to Integrated.
7. Click OK
8. Highlight the Please Review application pool.
9. Click on Recycling in the right-hand pane.
10. Uncheck all settings and click Next.
11. Click Finish.
12. Click on Advanced Settings in the right-hand pane.
13. Locate the Process Model section.
14. Set Idle Time-out (minutes) to 60 (or more).
15. Set LoadUserProfile to true.
16. Click OK.

Note: Some versions of IIS admin contain a bug which does not allow you to set this value if recycling is disabled. In this case, you should enable recycling, then set the idle time out and then disable recycling again.

2. How to Configure the Virtual Directories

1. Launch Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2. Expand Local Computer, then Sites, then Default Web Site.
3. Right-click on Default Web Site and select Add Application.
4. Enter the alias Please Review.
5. Select the application pool created above.
6. Check the properties and ensure .NET Framework is set to 4.0.
7. Set Physical path to C:\Program Files\PleaseReview\TaraWeb
8. Click OK.
9. Select the new Please Review site.
10. Double click on Default Document.
11. Confirm the default pages contain default.aspx. If this is missing, add a new entry for Default.aspx.
12. Click OK.

Next Steps

If you have everything in place you are ready to proceed. Please see Configuring Microsoft Office for Please Review 8.0.0 for the next steps or Performing a Please Review 8.0.0 Installation to review the entire process.