Sharepoint - Can't connect to the SharePoint site:
- Check what user vssphost14.exe (or vssphost15.exe) is running as (Generally the same user you are using to run VS)
- Launch SQL Management Studio and connect to your SharePoint SQl Instance
- Ensure the above user has DB_Owner rights on each of the following databases:
- SharePoint_Config
- SharePoint_AdminContent
- Content DB for the Site collection you are deploying to
- You may need to restart VS
The above databases may have different names (GUIDs), but the config, admin, and content DBs are the ones you want