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First of all, good day/evening!

I am dealing with a problem and would appreciate if someone could help, for I have found no specific guides for it in the web (at least none that actually worked...).

My scenario is the following:

  • I have a Windows 7 Ultimate workstation with Visual Studio 2010 Enterprise;

  • I also have a Windows Server 2008 R2 server with WebDav enabled;

  • In the server, I have a web site running, the code for which I wish
    to remotely deploy from VS;

  • I need to map a drive in the workstation to the site, so I can use it as a "File System Web Site" in VS.

A few details that may cause trouble:

  • The server is behind a NAT virtual server in the router (that virtual server - the router - treats requests from inside and from outside the LAN in the same way);

  • The network does not have a domain;

  • I wish to deploy from anywhere (including from inside the LAN), so I will have to access the server through the Internet;

Could anyone please help me with the configurations on both the server and the workstation?

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I assume it's not working. How is it broken? DAV uses port 80, so you need at leastto have a port mapping for that on the virtual router for anything to work. – Alien Life Form Oct 5 '11 at 15:43
Well, so far, I have made some progress with that. I can start adding a new network place, but, when I give my credentials (valid credentials of the system administrator account in the server) I receive the login screen again (Ithe system administrator does not have permissions to map the drive). It seems that I need to set specific permissions somewhere in the IIS manager... but wehre? Thank you! – Julio Marco Oct 5 '11 at 16:47
The IIS (error) log should be your friend. If it shows nothing, it may be the case that you are not even connecting (then you should check the router setup). If you have nc.exe (a stream oriented telnet) you can check that the connection actually happens. – Alien Life Form Oct 5 '11 at 17:04
Thank you... checking the log. – Julio Marco Oct 5 '11 at 17:44
Still not working. Had to move to other task, but will return to this issue ASAP. – Julio Marco Oct 11 '11 at 23:01
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