Understanding lightswitch deployment

Question

I wish to deploy a lightswitch application for a small company. I want a central server hosting the database and then the silverlight client to run inside the network connecting to the server and updating the database with clients, etc.

I have made a working system using the intrinsic database in VS2013, but now I come to deploy it and am having problems, despite hours reading MSDN and following tutorials.

I create a deployment package on my development machine, which I then install on the server, but I then need to create a client only package, which points to the server? Does this mean I need to specify the central database as an external data source? Or does this switch happen automatically? Can I publish only the server, and install that on the server machine, (I have already installed the web server package) then publish a separate client package for installing the application on the clients? I need all the clients to update a single database, not all have their own local copies and local databases...

Answer 1

When you "create a client only package" the intrinsic database is running on the client, so nothing point to the server. A external data source is always external regardless of the app type.

What type of a LightSwitch Application you've selected?

• A 2-tier desktop application runs on an end-user Windows desktop. The database and server components are deployed to the end-user computer.
• A 3-tier desktop application runs on an end-user Windows desktop. The database and server components are deployed to an Internet
  Information Services (IIS) server or to Windows Azure.
• A 3-tier Web application runs in an end-user web browser. The database and server components are deployed to an Internet Information Services (IIS) server or to Windows Azure.