Vs2010: Remote Access to IIS Express

Remote Access to IIS express means:
1. debug projects can be performed on other devices. This is especially important for devices that are not easy to use virtual machines, such as handheld devices.
2. Avoid Premature IIS 7 configuration (not necessarily a good thing ..)

The most important thing to develop remote access is to change the default localhost in the project URL to the external IP address of the local machine, as shown below:


However, the following error will be reported if you change it directly:


To solve this problem, we need to change the IIS express applicationhost. config file. In XP, the file location is as follows:

It should be noted that the location will be slightly different under win7

Open this file and jump to the sites node. The following similar configurations are displayed:


Change the localhost to the corresponding IP address, for example:


Go back to the previous project configuration page and modify the project URL.


Press F5 to have fun.

Vs2010: Remote Access to IIS Express