Silverlight 4 Deployment Manifest

[Joel Palmer]

I have a network guy asking what needs to be on the server in order to deploy my new Silverlight 4 application.  I have not yet come across a manifest that helps me answer that.  Does anyone have a link that'll give me a comprehensive list of the ideal server configuration for this?  I expect to be using Server 2008.

Also, from the Telerik perspective, does anything change/differ from the standard deployment when I use Telerik Silverlight controls?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Valeri Hristov]

Hi Joel,

Generally speaking, the Silverlight applications run on the client and should not depend on the server OS. You could deploy a Silverlight application on Windows with IIS, or a Linux with Apache. From a pure Silverlight point of view, it should not matter what the OS is. The Telerik controls are standard Silverlight controls and do not require additional references, especially to standard (server-side) .NET assemblies.

However, in the Silverlight applications the data comes through web services, usually WCF RIA, which run on the server and have dependency on the installed .NET framework - for example WCF RIA Services 1.0 needs .NET 4.0. I would suggest browsing the Microsoft sites for more information about what's needed for WCF RIA services, or the service framework you want to use.

Greetings,
Valeri Hristov
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[Varun Jain]

Hello,

Could you give me a step by step tutorial or procedure on how to deploy the sales dashboard (silverlight 4) or any other demo on a Windows 7 with IIS 7 machine. Kindly also tell me the minimum System Requirements for the same.

Thanks in advance,
Varun Jain

[Valentin.Stoychev]

Hello Varun Jain,

There are many resources availble over the internet about how to deply a Silverlight application.

Basically deplyoyng a Silverlight application is just a matter of hosting the generated XAP file on the server and to make sure that the XAP extension is allowed extension on your server ( which on Windows7 and IIS7 should be enabled by default).

You can start by reading this topic:
https://betaforums.silverlight.net/forums/p/111718/359387.aspx#359387

If you hit any problems - please let us know.

Regards,
Valentin.Stoychev
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[balv]

Can you post a guide step by step or a Video for deploying SL4 Business Application with WCF RIA Service?
I found on the internet but i can't deploy sucessful.
Thanks so much.
Regards
balv