CORS preflight request returning HTTP 401 with windows authentication
I searched a lot on Google and Stack overflow to find a solution for my problem, but nothing worked. Here is my problem: I use IIS 7 with a special programming environment called WebDEV that does not allow direct manipulation of OPTIONS HTTP method. So, all solutions suggesting some kind of server-side request handling using code are not feasible. I have to use Window authentication and disable anonymous access I have a page that uses CORS to POST to this server. As this POST should have Content-type: Octet-stream , a preflight is issued by the browser. When I enable anonymous access,