I have an Azman store in AD, but cannot access it from our ASP.NET web server. I'm assuming that I need to grant the ASP.NET Network Service permission to the Azman store (using the Azman config tool), but cannot find the account for the ASP.NET server in AD.
Should I use the Network Service account or reconfigure ASP.NET to impersonate a network account that I can locate in AD?
Best Answer
NETWORK SERVICE is predefined local account. For that reason you won't be able to find it in AD.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684272(VS.85).aspx
If you need to connect to external resources you need to run your web application under a domain account and setup permissions accordingly.