Deployment: Distributing and Maintaining Your Application

This topic contains links to other topics related to deploying Visual Studio LightSwitch–based applications.

You can deploy LightSwitch-based applications as desktop or Web applications using a 2-tier or 3-tier topology to a local computer, to a server running Internet Information Services (IIS), or to Microsoft Azure. You can also deploy web services that are based on LightSwitch to a server that's running Internet Information Services (IIS) or to Azure.

Related Topics

Title	Description
Deploying LightSwitch Applications	Describes the process of deploying applications.
How to: Deploy a Two-tier LightSwitch Application	Shows how to deploy a 2-tier desktop application.
How to: Deploy a Three-Tier LightSwitch Application	Shows how to deploy a 3-tier desktop or Web application to a server.
How to: Deploy a LightSwitch OData Service	Shows how to deploy a service that exposes Visual Studio LightSwitch data to other applications.
How to: Change the Type of a LightSwitch Application	Shows how to change between desktop and Web applications and change where the application is hosted.
Signing a XAP File For a LightSwitch Application	Describes how to sign a deployment package with a security certificate.
How to: Deploy Content and Resource Items	Shows how to deploy additional items with an application.
Troubleshooting LightSwitch Deployment	Contains information about commonly encountered issues and the steps that are required to resolve them.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Configure a Server to Host LightSwitch Applications

How to: Install a LightSwitch Application on a Server

Concepts

Visual Studio LightSwitch