I have spent months developing a hybrid app that uses the web app's sql azure db as the BE to a desktop app, with a couple of fairly complex web forms so remote users can place merchandise orders. The web app is now working exactly as I want it to, and I am now trying to lock the sharepoint web app so remote users can't edit it.



It seems that the only way to "lock" the web app is to save as/save for deployment. Unfortunately, save for deployment removes all of the data. This web app has about 30 supporting tables including lookup tables for the web app forms. The web app is useless with blank tables. I would hope that there is a way to "lock" the app AND keep the data, but I just can't find it.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks,
Sup