.net – Publish WCF Service app on IIS Express using Web Deployment

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I want to publish WCF Service Application created in Visual Studio 2010 on IIS Express.

So I'm using Project -> Publish -> Web Deploy:

Service URL: http://localhost
Site/application: wcf

But ran into some miss-understanding:

Web Deployment requires a virtual directory, it doesn't want to publish in the site root
IIS Express doesn't support virtual directories

How can I accomplish the task?

You can add a virtual directory via a command line using appcmd:

appcmd add vdir /app.name:<site_name>/ /path:/<virtual_directory> /physicalPath:<physical_location>

In .Net 4, you can use the multipleSiteBindingsEnabled option:

<system.serviceModel>
    <serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true">
    </serviceHostingEnvironment>
</system.serviceModel>

Then, you won't have to specify each address.

Right click on solution --> Properties

Look under Common Properties --> Startup Project

Select multiple startup projects

select Start action on the projects you need to debug.