Can you run the SQL Server 2014 Master Data Services Configuration manager on windows 8.1 pro and not on a server like Windows server R2?
If so please help it tells me "The required .svc handler mappings are not installed in IIS." but I have checked and everything in the windows features under IIS is selected
The answer was a simple google search away.
You can run it on Windows 8.1 Pro.
Take a look at this link for several troubleshooting help: SVC_Handler_mapping_error_in_MDS_Configuration_Manager
SVC Handler mapping error in MDS Configuration Manager
When you configure Master Data Services in the MDS Configuration Manager, you may encounter an error indicating that the required .svc handler mappings are not installed in IIS.
Before creating an MDS web application, you must correct the following errors:
Internet Information Services (IIS) is not configured on this server. The required .svc handler mappings are not installed in IIS. This can occur in one of the following instances: IIS may be missing the necessary .svc Handler Mappings. Visit IIS Manager from the start menu. If you have a default website listed, click the site, and click Handler Mappers icon. In the list, sort by Path column. notice if *.svc is listed or not. If it is already listed, this error may a false positive, but if it is not, you may need to install the *.svc path mappers in Step 2 & 3 below.
Depending on the IIS version, there are different ways to get the Service Mappers installed. For .Net 4.0, the mappers may need to be installed by installing HTTP activation in .Net Framework 4.6 Advanced Services. From the start menu search or control panel, find the item Turn Windows Features Off or On. then in the tree of Windows Features find .Net Framework 4.6 > WCF Services > HTTP Activation
On earlier Windows versions where .Net Framework 4.0 does not come preinstalled, when you add or install IIS features after .NET 4 was installed, you may encounter this error. To fix this issue, open a command prompt and go to the .NET directory (for example %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319). Run the command: aspnet_regiis -i.
You may encounter this error as a false positive or false negative when there is an existing IIS website(s) already existing in your IIS server, but you select a different Web site to host MDS, or when you select a Web site other than the first Web site listed. This can happen in following two ways: Service handlers are not installed on the first Web site that MDS is not attached to, but are installed on another Web site that MDS is attached to. MDS will post an error because it looks at the first Web site, not the second Web site. This is a false negative, in that the error message indicates that the handler mappings are not made, whereas they actually are. In this case, you can ignore the error and proceed. Service handlers are installed on the first Web site that MDS is not attached to, but are not installed on another Web site that MDS is attached to. MDS will not post an error because it looks at the first Web site, not the second Web site. This is a false positive, because the lack of handler mappings will cause MDS not to work. You should install the handler mappings for the Web site that you are attaching MDS to.
