I have a local laptop that connects through VPN to my clients network. I can use RDP to access both the Sharepoint 2010 and SQL Server 2008 as a member of the local network.
On said local computer I have Visual Studio 2013 installed and I am having trouble developing solutions for SharePoint. Neither VS and SharePoint Designer will connect to the SQL Server or SharePoint Servers.
I read this article, that says it is possible to use VS 2013 for remote development.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ee330921.aspx
I read this article and installed Remote Tools on the SharePoint Server:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bt727f1t.aspx
Neither SharePoint nor VS will connect to the SharePoint or SQL Server boxes.
Also - trying to create a SharePoint connection in VS fails as it is looking for an install of SharePoint Foundation - And SharePoint Foundation requires a Server 2008 install. My development machine is running Windows 7 64b Enterprise.
This is all very confusing as I should not have to be running a Server OS locally to connect to a remote computer and deploy changes to it.
Is there a way that I can simply connect to these servers using Visual Studio and SharePoint Designer? Or is my train of thought wrong?
Thank You!