Sitemap Links don't work on live site, Windows Authentication

Question

I have a intranet site with Windows Authentication. I have 'Administrator' pages in an 'Administrator' folder that will only show for those in the admin group (windows security group) These pages work

I have a folder with sub folders containing reports. These permissions are broken down for each type of report. They have similar role priveleges. When I test the application, I can navigate to the pages. When I deploy the site live on the intranet the links don't return a page. Error missing link 404. Do I need to set something in IIS?

Answer 1

OK, I don't think anyone is going to be able to explain this to me but for some unreal, unpublished reason, IIS 7 didn't like the folder name 'Reports' As soon as I changed the folder name (in this case, to 'Reporting') it worked just fine.

Answer: confilcting folder names in IIS. The webserver was running Sql Server Reporting Services which has a folder for 'Reports' and my website had a folder with the same URL.