How to enable external request in IIS Express?

Question

How can I enable remote requests in IIS Express? Scott Guthrie wrote that is possible but he didn\'t say how.

Answer 1

If you're working with Visual Studio then follow these steps to access the IIS-Express over IP-Adress:

1. Get your host IP-Adress: ipconfig in Windows Command Line

2. GoTo

   $(SolutionDir)\.vs\config\applicationHost.config
   

3. Find

4. Add:
   with your IP-Adress

5. Run your Visual Studio with Administrator rights and everything should work
6. Maybe look for some firewall issues if you try to connect from remote