title: Web Deploy from Visual Studio 2012 to a remote IIS 8 server
body: <p>I have a remote Windows 2012 server running IIS 8 from which I am hosting a web application. My local development box is running Visual Studio 2012. Currently I am publishing my app as a web deployment package (.zip), RDP'ing to the production server, copy + pasting to a folder and deploying the application from within IIS. My question is, what changes do I need to make to deploy directly to IIS from Visual Studio 2012 using the web deploy option?</p>
  
  <p>I have tried to follow <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd465337%28v=vs.110%29.aspx" rel="noreferrer">this guide</a> but it refers to a <code>service URL</code> which I must obtain from my hosting company. I don't have a hosting company, my server is co-located.</p>
  
  <p>I am presented with the following options:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/peRhQ.png" alt="Web deploy options"></p>
  
  <p>Is the username and password the one I use for the RDP account? I already have Web Deploy 3.0 installed on IIS do I need to enable further settings?</p>