VS: Web Publish raises an error: Could not connect to the remote computer, ... , ERROR_COULD_NOT_CONNECT_TO_REMOTESVC. The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.

Above error was raised when we tried to deploy Web Application to a remote IIS server:

The detailed message was:

I tried to resolve an error as shown in IIS.net, but without any success. I gone through the link and checked all the points mentioned there. Both Web Management Service and Web Deployment Agent Service are running fine. In event log on remote server I don't found also any errors. Strange.

Finally I found verry simple (but why not documented) solution. To fix the problem you should go to IIS management console (on remote machine of course) and select appropriate host:

 Next you should select Management Service, as shown above.

In management service form you should check "Enable remote connections" checkbox which is in default unchecked. Next restart IIS instance and voila, Web Deployment works.