Installation Locations for MainBoss Software

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When setting up MainBoss, it's important to distinguish between where you store the data and where you store the software:

MainBoss data will be stored on a computer where SQL Server is running. There is only one copy of the data; this is shared by all users at your site.
MainBoss software should be installed on every computer where people wish to work with MainBoss. You may have as many copies of the software as you like installed on any number of computers.

The software for MainBoss doesn't have to be installed on the server system if people won't be using MainBoss from that system. However, a number of administrative operations are more straightforward if MainBoss is installed on the server system.

Problems may arise if you store the MainBoss executable program on one computer and try to run it on another computer. (This is a known problem with the Microsoft .NET framework.) As a result, you must either:

Install the MainBoss software on every computer where you intend MainBoss to run; or
Use ClickOnce deployment, as discussed in the next section