Connecting to Visual Studio debugging IIS Express server over the lan

Question

I have a test ASP.NET MVC3 application developed in VS2012. When I start debugging the app is accessed from the host machine via the request to http://localhost:

Answer 1

This is what worked for me:

• Start the IIS Manager
• Add a new virtual directory that points to the projects folder (C:\VSProjects in my case)
• Select the new virtual directory within IIS manager. Select Directory Browsing from the list of options. On the right side there's a Enable button. Click it.

Now I can access my folder and project bin on the network through mypcname\VSProjects\myProj\outputBinViewer.