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Debugging code running on Remote machine



Before performing below steps, you need to make sure you have pdb files matching dll version on the remote machine. 
  1. Open below folder in your remote machine
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\Remote Debugger\x64 
  2. Open that folder and launch as admin msvsmon.exe 
  3. Select all options to allow firewall
  4. From Tools > Options  - Keep the settings to default (as shown below) and click ok. 
  5. At this point your remote debugger is all set. You need to connect from Visual Studio by entering Machine IP: Port (4022) 

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