http://developers.de/blogs/damir_dobric/archive/2012/04/10/iis-hosting-visual-studio-project-fails-to-open.aspxIt is interesting how often and easy error described in this post can happen, but how many developers are shocked when they see it. When you start the project this happen: The Web Application Project XY is configured to use IIS. Could not find the serverenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)http://developers.de/blogs/damir_dobric/archive/2012/04/10/iis-hosting-visual-studio-project-fails-to-open.aspx#346438Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:18:45 GMT7e491611-45ad-4dae-a68f-c4cb64439510:346438Michael Bunney<p>That is a workaround, but the fix is to go into IIS and add an HTTPS binding to the site that the project is trying to bind to. &nbsp;By default this will be the Default Web Site, but by looking at Visual Studio&#39;s output pane you can see what IIS path the project is configured to use.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://developers.de/aggbug.aspx?PostID=346438" width="1" height="1">