KB33330: How to run MicroStrategy Subscription Portal on a 64-bit Microsoft Windows 2008 and 2012

Strategy Subscription Portal is developed as a 32-bit application. Since on 64-bit Windows machine, by default, Internet Information Services (IIS) runs in 64-bit mode. A few modifications must be done before the user can run Strategy Subscription Portal properly.
 
Perform the steps below to successfully configure the Subscription Portal on 64-bit Windows:

• Navigate to 'C:\inetpubt\adminscripts' and run the following command:
  

  
  cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 "true" 

  
  
• Go to Start > Run, and type in "dcomcnfg"
• Under "COM+ Applications", right mouse click to create new application.
  

• Choose to "Create an empty application"
  

• Type in any name for this new COM+ application. And select "Server application"
  

• In the next window to select application identity, pick "Local Service ..." and click next.
  

• In this step, the user needs to add a user to the Role. Please choose one NT user which is under local administrators group:
  

• Click "Next" to finish the application creation.
• Go to the newly created COM+ application and create a new component under "Components"
  

• Select "Import component(s) that are ..."
  

• Check the "32-bit registry" checkbox and then choose "MSTRSequeLAPI.cSequeLAPI"
  

• Click "Next" to finish the configuration. Here is a view of the final look of the new COM+ application with the registered component: