Remote debugging ASP.NET applications

I have a开发者_如何学Pythonn ASP.NET application (.NET 4.0) on Windows 2008 Server (IIS 7.0). I've installed a Microsoft web express but it doesn't support attach to process feature; also I don't want to transfer source code to the server.

Is there any way to remotely attach w3wp.exe and debug .NET local code (I have RDP administrator access on server) ?

I don't think anything other than Visual Studio Professional has "Attach to Process" which works over a network.

If/when you do get hold of VS Professional, you should read about msvsmon - the remote debugging feature of Visual Studio. msvsmon is a little bit of software that sits on the server and enabled a remote debugging scenario.

Not sure if this is a solution, but IIS Express is a free version of IIS 7.5 that is optimized for developer scenarios. This might be something which would work well for you instead of Microsoft Web Express. It was just released.

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2011/01/13/announcing-release-of-asp-net-mvc-3-iis-express-sql-ce-4-web-farm-framework-orchard-webmatrix.aspx

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2011/01/03/vs-2010-sp1-beta-and-iis-developer-express.aspx

Edit: Just re-read your question and understand this may be a limitation of your IDE. This post notes that IIS 7.5 express will work with Visual Web Developer (http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/06/28/introducing-iis-express.aspx)