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In your Windows 8 VM, go to Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings > Computer Name and click Change. Name this whatever you like, e.g. 「windows」. Restart your VM.
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Open CMD or Powershell as administrator. Add a URL ACL entry for your new name on the port of your choice, e.g. netsh http add urlacl url=http://windows:8080/ user=everyone
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Open CMD or Powershell as administrator. Add an inbound firewall rule for this new port. In Windows 8, the syntax is: netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=「IISExpressWeb」 dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=8080
In Windows 7, the syntax is: netsh firewall add portopening TCP 8080 IISExpressWeb enable ALL
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Edit your IISExpress applicationhost.config file, typically found at your Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config. Find your site under sites, and add a binding to the port using your machine name, e.g.
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Startup IISExpress with Visual Studio, hit your URL from a browser on your Mac/VM Host, e.g. http://windows:8080
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Revel in your magnificence.
More info here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3313616/iis-express-enable-external-request http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5442551/iisexpress-returns-a-503-error-from-remote-machines http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WorkingWithSSLAtDevelopmentTimeIsEasierWithIISExpress.aspx