Hello, Mike.
The answers are as follows:
1) With UltiDev Cassini (but not with Visual Studio web server) a client can call an application residing on another machine at http://machineNameOrIP:port/.
2) There are differences. Unlike Visual Studio web server, UltiDev Cassini can run as a service, can host multiple applications, has a
configuration API, has
application management UI, but most importantly it is an easily-redistributable web server that can be
added to your product installation package.
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UltiDev Team.
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