I have SQL and IIS installed on different remote machines, running Windows Server 2003. I have Visual Studio install on an Windows XP machine. The installation of the portal starter kit procedes without a hitch, as well as the remote installation of the database files. I followed the instructions in the readme file, under the setup folder.

I get an error for the trusted connection when using uid=PortalUser and pwd=PortalUser.

Has anyone been able to get the starter kit running using a hardware setup as I described?

Can anyone define what my issues are with this setup?

Thanks,
Justin Parker

It sounds like you still have the Trusted_Connection=True in your web.config ConnectionString.

If you have a remote database, you will need to remove the Trusted_Connection=True and put in User Id=PortalUser;Password=PortalUser and add the correct database name.

<appSettings>


        <add key="ConnectionString" value="server=remoteserver;User Id=PortalUser;Password=PortalUser;database=YourDBName" />

Trusted_Connection works when the Database server is on the same machine as the Web Server.

Change your connection string and we can go from there.

Ben Miller
Microsoft MVP Lead
ASP.NET/XML/Web Services/E-Business Servers

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