1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. In Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools.

3. In Administrative Tools, double-click Internet Information Services.

4. In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, right-click Web Service Extensions, and then click Add a new Web service extension.

5. In the New Web Service Extension dialog box, do the following.

   Use this	To do this
   Extension Name	Type the name of the new Web service extension.
   Required files	Click Add, and then click Browse. Browse to the <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006\HttpReceive directory (or <drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006\HttpReceive64 directory on 64 bit machines), select BTSHTTPReceive.dll, click Open, and then click OK. Note If you receive an error stating that the file is already required by HWSMessages HTTPReceive, you can cancel this operation because the HTTP receive adapter already exists and was created for Human Workflow Services.
   Set extension status to Allowed	Select this check box.

6. Click OK.

7. Right-click Application Pools, point to New, and then click Application pool.

8. In the Add New Application Pool dialog box, in the Application pool ID box, type a name for the application pool, and then click OK.

   The new application pool appears in the list of Application Pools.

9. Right-click the new application pool, and then click Properties.

10. In the <Application Pool name> Properties dialog box, on the Identity tab, do the following.

    Use this	To do this
    Configurable	Select this property.
    User name	Type a user name for the BizTalk Isolated Hosts group and the IIS_WPG group. This user account must have access to the BizTalk Management database, so do not create the application pool to run under the IWAM_<servername> user account, which is the default. Note The BizTalk Management database is also referred to as the BizTalk Configuration database.
    Password	Type the password for the user.

11. Click OK.

12. Expand the Web Sites node, right-click the Default Web Site node, point to New, and then click Virtual Directory.

13. In the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard, on the Welcome page, click Next.

14. On the Virtual Directory Alias page, in the Alias box, type the alias to associate with the virtual directory, and then click Next.

15. On the Web Site Content Directory page, click Browse.

16. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, navigate to the <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006\HttpReceive directory, click OK, and then click Next.

17. On the Access Permissions page, select Read and Execute, clear all other check boxes, and then click Next.

18. On the Completion page, click Finish to close and complete the wizard.

    The new virtual directory appears under the list of Default Web Sites in Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

19. Right-click the virtual directory, and then click Properties.

20. In the <Virtual Directory> Properties dialog box, on the Virtual Directory tab, do the following.

    Use this	To do this
    Execute Permissions	Ensure that the property is set to Scripts and Executables.
    Application Pool	Select the new application pool created earlier in this procedure.

21. Click OK.

22. On the File menu, click Exit.

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2. In Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools.

3. In Administrative Tools, double-click Internet Information Services.

4. In Internet Information Services, expand <computer name> (local computer), and Web Sites.

5. Right-click Default Web Site, point to New, and then click Virtual Directory.

6. In the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard, on the Welcome page, click Next.

7. On the Virtual Directory Alias page, in the Alias box, type the alias to associate with the virtual directory, and then click Next.

8. On the Web Site Content Directory page, click Browse.

9. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, browse to the <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006\HttpReceive directory, click OK, and then click Next.

10. On the Access Permissions page, select Read and Execute, clear all other check boxes, and then click Next.

11. On the Completion page, click Finish to close and complete the wizard.

    The new virtual directory appears under the list of Default Web Sites in Internet Information Services.

12. Right-click the virtual directory, and then click Properties.

13. In the <Virtual Directory> Properties dialog box, on the Virtual Directory tab, do the following.

    Use this	To do this
    Execute Permissions	Ensure that the property is set to Scripts and Executables.
    Application Protection	Change the value of the property to High (Isolated) or Medium (Pooled). Medium is not recommended because it imposes a security risk by opening BizTalk databases to all the IIS applications that run with that protection level. Setting this property to High creates a separate COM+ application to host the virtual directory. Setting this property to Medium means that the virtual directory is hosted by the IIS Out-Of-Process Pooled Applications.

14. Click OK.

15. On the File menu, click Exit.

16. Change to the Administrative Tools window, and double-click Component Services.

17. In the Component Services window, expand Component Services, expand Computers, expand My Computer, and then expand COM+ Applications.

18. If the Application Protection property is set to Medium, right-click IIS Out-of-Process Pooled Applications, and then click Properties.

    –Or–

    If the Application Protection property is set to High, right-click IIS_{Default Web Site//root/virtual directory name}, and then click Properties.

19. Right-click the virtual directory and then click Properties.

20. On the Identity tab, configure the account properties for the user that belongs to the BizTalk Isolated Host Users group. This user account must have access to the BizTalk Management database, so do not create the application pool to run under the IWAM_<server name> user account, which is the default.

21. Create an HTTP receive location using BizTalk Explorer. Specify the Virtual directory plus ISAPI extension property to be equal to /<virtual directory>/BTSHTTPReceive.dll<query string>. For instructions about configuring the HTTP receive location, see How to Configure an HTTP Receive Location.

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