Collecting System Requirements

Gateways are usually installed and configured according to the user’s specified needs. It is good practice to collect and verify this data from the user at the beginning of the setup procedure through a series of interactive dialog boxes. This information tells the setup program which components to install and how to configure the user’s system.

Typical information to be gathered at this point includes:

• The name of the Microsoft Exchange Server computer on which to install the gateway.
• The site on which to install the gateway.
• A display name for the gateway directory object.
• A display name for the gateway service.
• A path to the directory in which to install the gateway.
• The Windows NT Server account name for the gateway service.
• The Windows NT Server account password for the gateway service.