Installation Options

Conferencing Center 3.0 gives you the option to install both the booking and web client applications on the same server or onto separate servers for security and access purposes. This information needs to be decided prior to the installation and appropriate hardware made available.

If installing both applications on the same server PC, follow the instructions within Performing a Full or Web Booking Only Install.

Installing the Web Client on a separate server is useful for sites where their web servers reside outside the firewall or are hosted at  ISPs. This installation option makes the Web Client accessible to external users while keeping the booking site and its database secure. If this is the desired option, do the following:

• Follow the instructions within Performing a Full or Web Booking Only Install.

• Then follow the instructions within Web Client Only Install.

Performing a Full or Web Booking Only Install

Make sure that you have followed all the pre-installation requirements before continuing with the installation of Conferencing Center.

The following process is for installing just the Web Booking application or both the Web Booking and Web Client applications on the same server PC.

1. Insert Conferencing Center CD.

2. Double click the MSDE folder.

3. Double click ConferencingCenter_MSDE_SP3.exe. This will install the Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE).  

4. You MUST restart the PC after installing MSDE because later steps of the installation process will check that the MSDE is installed and running.

5. Double click the Conference_Center_Install folder.

6. Double click setup.exe.

7. If prompted (which means the PC does not already have .NET 1.1 already installed), click Yes to Do you want to install .NET 1.1?

8. If prompted, click Yes to Update Windows Installer?

9. Click Install.

10. Click OK to prompts. The InstallShield Wizard will install Conferencing Center on your PC. Click Next to continue.

11. The following install options are presented:

• Full Install: Installs all Conferencing Center components onto this server. Not recommended unless secure access to this server is put in place.

• Web Booking: Installs only the web booking component onto this server.

• Web Client Host: Installs only the web client component onto this server.

Select either the Full Install or Web Booking option. Click Next.

12. In the Choose Destination Location window, a default destination folder for installing Conferencing Center is presented. If this folder destination is sufficient, click Next.

• If you want it installed in another folder destination, click Browse and navigate to the appropriate folder. Within the pop up dialog box, click OK within the Installshield Wizard window. Click Next.  

13. Confirm that all installation settings presented on the Start Copying Files window is accurate and click Next to start copying the program files.

• If any of the information presented needs to be updated, click Back and make the necessary changes.  

14. Enter the IP Office Control Unit's IP Address and Password, then click Next.

15. Enter a user name and password to create a Conferencing Center Administrator's account, then click Next.  Password must be between 5-50 alpha numeric characters.  Make note of the user name and password.

Note: You are setting up a user account for the Conferencing Center administrator.  This administrator will have the following added capabilities, along with booking conferences and managing his/her own user account:

• Updating Conferencing Center configurations: From this screen, the Conferencing Center administrator have the ability to make changes that can greatly effect system performance.

• Running & printing conference reports.

• Create and delete user accounts.

16. Click Finish.

17. Restart the PC.

Web Client Host Only Install

If the Conferencing Center Web Booking application has been or will be installed on another server PC, the Web Client application needs to be installed to make use of the web conferencing features.

Do the following to install ONLY the Web Client application onto the server PC:

1. Insert Conferencing Center CD.

2. Double click the Conference_Center_Install folder.

3. Double click setup.exe.

4. The InstallShield Wizard window informs you that Conferencing Center will be installed onto the server PC. Click Next to continue.

5. The following install options are presented:

• Full Install: Installs all Conferencing Center components onto this server. Not recommended unless secure access to this server is put in place.

• Web Booking: Installs only the web booking component onto this server.

• Web Client Host: Installs only the web client component onto this server.

Select Web Client Host. Click Next.

6. Enter the IP Address of the server PC in which you have installed or will install the Web Booking application. Click Next.

7. In the Choose Destination Location window, a default destination folder for installing the Web Client application is presented. If this folder destination is sufficient, click Next.

• If you want the application installed in another folder destination, click Browse and navigate to the appropriate folder. Within the pop up dialog box, click OK within the Installshield Wizard window. Click Next.  

8. Confirm that all installation settings presented on the Start Copying Files window is accurate and click Next to start copying the program files.

• If any of the information presented needs to be updated, click Back and make the necessary changes.  

9. Click Finish.

10. Restart the PC.