can i develop 3 tier desktop database application without IIS ?
i.e.
desktop application (e.g. wpf or universal app)
<--->
whatever layer type ASP.net vNext offers as a stand alone .exe on windows 7 or 10
<-->
whatever DBMS (e.g. PostgreSQL or MSSQL server ,Mysql server )
because i am developing this as a utility application with the database and the service layer residing on one of our windows 7 or 10 machines. it's not worth whole server for it.
can that be done or i need windows server + IIS ?