ASP.NET - deploying application to local IIS

Question

There is an intranet based ASP.NET application that is deployed to a server (IIS) and a group of clients (about ten). The end user can then decide to either connect to the local application (deployed to their local machine) or the server version. I do not understand the reasoning for doing this. My question is: is this common practice?

Answer 1

yes, it is a common practice to verify the performance of the application. Each client will have their own settings and as per process, application should not break in any kind of environment. it is always beneficial to put a server version and a local version.

Answer 2

If the clients are laptops, and the application supports disconnected data sets and synchronization, it would make sense. Typically you'd see something like this when the client machines are taken off-network to be used at a remote work site.