Introduction

This document explains how to install The Office Manager and perform the minimum administrative functions necessary to get the application running. Once the application is running, refer to the Administration Guide and User Guide for additional information. You should also regularly check The Office Manager Web Site for product updates and enhancements.

The Office Manager Product (TOM™) is designed to run on an Intranet within your organization. It must be installed on a machine running Windows NT Server 4.0 or higher, and the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) that are shipped as a part of NT Option pack.

The Office Manager can also run on NT5 or Windows 2000 Professional or Server. With Windows 2000, the IIS Utilities are supplied on the original Windows CD, but are not installed with the default installation of Windows 2000.

To access the TOM features on each workstation requires Microsoft's Internet Browser 4.x or later. This is provided free with all Windows 9x or NT4 or 5 installations. We currently do not support Netscape browsers, however if you are a Netscape user, you can install and use both on the same workstation.

The installation process consists of the following steps.

  1. Install Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5
    These common components are available from Microsoft and must be installed on the host server. These components are already installed on all versions of Windows 2000.
  2. Install The Office Manager components.
    These are the web pages and programs that allow The Office Manager to work. To install the TOM components, you run the installation program TOM_Install_###.exe, where ### is the current version number.
  3. Install Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).
    This is only necessary if it hasn't already been done as a part of some other Internet solution on the host server. For NT Server 4.0, you do this by installing the option pack. For Windows 2000, you can add IIS by using the Add/Remove Programs function on the control panel, then selecting Add/Remove Windows Components.
  4. Create a Virtual Web
    This step allows the user components to be access from a web browser. If installing onto a Windows 2000 machine, you must also explicitly set Access Permissions for a few of the files.
  5. Run OfficeAdmin.exe to set up your database. 
    This step allows you to configure such things as your company name and pay period, and create departments and employee lists.
  6. Create shortcuts to The Office Manager
    This final step allows easy access to the user functions from each workstation in your office. Each employee must then login with his or her password and enter additional personal information.