title: HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden (ASP.NET MVC 6, ASP.NET 5, IIS 7, Windows Server 2008)
body: <p>I am hitting "HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden" after performing an XCopy deployment of an ASP.NET MVC 6 application against a Windows Server 2008 x64 running IIS 7 and trying to run the deployed web application.</p>
  
  <p>I followed the steps at <a href="http://docs.asp.net/en/latest/getting-started/installing-on-windows.html#install-asp-net-standalone" rel="nofollow">http://docs.asp.net/en/latest/getting-started/installing-on-windows.html#install-asp-net-standalone</a> and <a href="http://docs.asp.net/en/latest/publishing/iis.html#xcopy-to-iis-server" rel="nofollow">http://docs.asp.net/en/latest/publishing/iis.html#xcopy-to-iis-server</a> and I am using dnx-clr-win-x64.1.0.0-beta7.</p>