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copied!<p>This is what worked for me (Updated for VS 2013, see revision history for 2010, for <strong>VS 2015</strong> see this: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/32744234/218971">https://stackoverflow.com/a/32744234/218971</a>):</p> <ol> <li>Right-click your Web Application Project ▶ <code>Properties</code> ▶ <code>Web</code>, then configure the <code>Servers</code> section as follows: <ul> <li>Select <kbd>IIS Express ▼</kbd> from the drop down</li> <li>Project Url: <code>http://localhost</code></li> <li>Override application root URL: <code>http://dev.example.com</code></li> <li>Click <kbd>Create Virtual Directory</kbd> (if you get an error here you may need to disable IIS 5/6/7/8, change IIS's <code>Default Site</code> to anything but port <code>:80</code>, make sure <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22994888/why-skype-using-http-or-https-ports-80-and-443">Skype isn't using port 80</a>, etc.)</li> </ul></li> <li>Optionally: Set the <code>Start URL</code> to <code>http://dev.example.com</code></li> <li><p>Open <code>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config</code> (Windows XP, Vista, and 7) and edit the site definition in the <code><sites></code> config block to be along the lines of the following:</p> <pre><code><site name="DevExample" id="997005936"> <application path="/" applicationPool="Clr2IntegratedAppPool"> <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="C:\path\to\application\root" /> </application> <bindings> <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation=":80:dev.example.com" /> </bindings> <applicationDefaults applicationPool="Clr2IntegratedAppPool" /> </site> </code></pre></li> <li><p>If running MVC: make sure the <code>applicationPool</code> is set to one of the "Integrated" options (like "Clr2IntegratedAppPool").</p></li> <li>Open your <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)" rel="noreferrer"><code>hosts</code> file</a> and add the line <code>127.0.0.1 dev.example.com</code>.</li> <li><kbd>► Start</kbd> your application!</li> </ol> <p>Some great advice from the comments:</p> <blockquote> <ul> <li>You may need to run Visual Studio as Administrator.</li> <li>If you want to make other devs see your IIS run <code>netsh http add urlacl url=http://dev.example.com:80/ user=everyone</code> </li> <li>If you want the site to resolve for all hosts set <code>bindingInformation="*:80:"</code>. Use any port you want, 80 is just convenient.</li> </ul> </blockquote>

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