Configure IIS Express hosting for web applications

[jongalloway]

Goal

Make all web applications launchable via IIS Express or the ASP.NET Development Server so developers can F5 and see them running.

Web apps to configure

Project	Framework	Default Port (suggested)
Portal (Web Forms)	ASP.NET 4.8	5001
StoreOps.Portal (Web Forms)	ASP.NET 4.8	5002
Web.FranchisePortal (Web Forms)	ASP.NET 4.8	5003
Web.CustomerHub (Web Forms)	ASP.NET 4.8	5004
Web.Storefront (MVC 5)	ASP.NET MVC 5	5005

Work needed

• Add/verify .vs/config/applicationhost.config\ or per-project \launchSettings.json\ equivalent
• Ensure \web.config\ has correct compilation debug settings
• Verify static content handlers, default documents, and module registrations
• Add a root solution \Properties/launchSettings.json\ or startup project configuration
• Test that each app starts and renders its default page

Acceptance criteria

• Each web app starts without errors on its designated port
• Default pages render (even if showing sample/placeholder content)
• Connection to LocalDB works (depends on database issue)

[github-actions]

🔄 Ralph — Auto-Triage

Assigned to: Hudson
Reason: Matched testing/QA role keywords
Source: role-keyword

Ralph auto-triaged this issue using routing rules.
To reassign, swap the squad:* label.

[github-actions]

🏗️ Squad Triage — Ripley (Lead)

Issue: #97 — Configure IIS Express hosting for web applications
Assigned to: Hudson (Tester)
Reason: Issue relates to testing/quality work

@copilot evaluation: No strong capability match — routed to squad member.

Team roster:

• Ripley (Lead) → label: squad:ripley
• Bishop (Desktop Dev) → label: squad:bishop
• Hicks (Web Dev) → label: squad:hicks
• Vasquez (Services Dev) → label: squad:vasquez
• Hudson (Tester) → label: squad:hudson
• Ralph (Work Monitor) → label: squad:ralph
• @copilot (Coding Agent) → label: squad:copilot

To reassign, remove the current squad:* label and add the correct one.