Newbie help connect to IIS from VS 2013

[sinetheo]

I am a newbie to IIS.

 

I want to make a custom web development workstation for a project I am working on. I did the following:

1. Add IIS VM to custom host file on host

2. Installed Server 2012 with IIS role model with appropriate packages

3. Installed VS 2013 community edition

4. Disabled all incoming firewall rules on IIS VM

 

My error is "Error Message: Could not reconnect to "www". Make sure that the machine name and path are valid.

 

I can ping. I can connect through IE just fine.

 

What do I need to connect? Also is it possible to go under tools-> and connect to server via a Linux one with Apache as well?