avast! Small Office Administration Quick Installation Guide avast! Reseller Technical Support reseller-support@avast.com
Operating Systems Supported System Requirements Windows XP SP3 or higher, Windows Vista (any Edition excl. Starter Edition), latest Service Pack Windows 7 (any Edition excl. Starter Edition) Windows 2003 Server (all editions), latest Service Pack Windows 2008/R2 Server (any editions, excl. Core), latest Service Pack Windows SBS 2011 Note: the latest SP and a fully updated OS is recommended! Minimum Hardware Requirements Pentium 3 Processor 1 GB RAM 900MB of free hard disk space Internet Explorer 6 or higher or other Silverlight-enabled browser
System Requirements Note: Minimum Windows system requirements have to be met! Other 3rd party prerequisites Microsoft Silverlight 4 Microsoft.NET Framework 4 Networking Requirements Valid SMTP server in reach of the management service Availability to connect to the AVAST update servers Windows workgroup or active directory network
After downloading and running the installation package you will see the following screen. The installer will check for the prerequisites after you click on Next
The setup will offer you to download and install the missing Prerequisites:.NET Framework 4.0 Silverlight Windows Installer if you use Windows XP
The setup will offer you to download and install the missing Prerequisites:.NET Framework 4.0 Silverlight Windows Installer if you use Windows XP
Language selection Welcome screen
After reading the End User License Agreement you will need to accept the terms by selecting the first option and then click Next
The first option allows you to upload your license file if you have it The second option allows you get/download a demo license valid for 15 days
Two types of installation Recommended For common users, the installation will be done with the default settings Expert- For advanced users, it gives the possibility to customize the installation
Expert- If selected, you can modify the application folders Recommendedsetup type will give you to reach directly the Email configuration
Proxy Settings allows you to configure your proxy if you use any
Service Configuration allows you to select the right configure your proxy if you use any You can also select the right network adapter if your machine has more than one
Database Configuration How to Install You have the possibility to use the internal database incorporated in the avast! Application (very fast) or use an existing SQL database Server 2008 R2
Email Configuration If you want to be able to send e- mails from theconsole, for example to use the option to deploy theavast! Managed Clientremotely by e-mail or receive e-mail reports, you should enter thee-mail Configurationdetails of your SMTP Server in here
Console Configuration Here you must enter the password you will be using to access the console after the installation
Click on the Install button to begin the installation
The setup will download and install the mirror and the ASOA services during this process. This will just take few minutes
After the installation is completed, you have the possibility to open the console with the standard connection (http) or with secured connection (https) or just click Finish. By clicking Finish the console will be opened in your default internet browser with the standard connection (http) if you let the option open the console now checked.
How to Deploy Console Interface You will need to use the password you entered during the installation process in here to login, the default username is admin
How to Deploy Console Interface You can use the deployment wizard to start deploying avast antivirus on your machines or cancel it You can use as well the predefined discover job or create a new one to find your computers and then create a deployment job
How to Deploy Console Interface You can see under NETWORK the list of discovered computers after running the discovery job
How to Deploy Deployment job Give a name to your Deployment job so you can easily find it in your jobs list
How to Deploy Deployment job There are 3 types of deployment for network under Domainand 2 for network under Workgroup Unattended deployment (Domain) Email deployment (Domain, Workgroup) Manual deployment (Domain, Workgroup)
How to Deploy Deployment job You can schedule the job or just run it manually Find the created job in the jobs list and click the Run Now button to start it
How to Deploy Deployment job After the job is completed, you can see the protection status of the machines and the network on the SUMMARY and the NETWORK screens
Information recources Avast! Web Site: http://www.avast.com Avast! Web Forum: http://forum.avast.com Topics about new issues Solutions about known issues Avast Support Center: http://support.avast.com Knowledge Base F.A.Q Documentation Installation Guides Videos tutorials
avast! Reseller Technical Support Avast Support Center Ticketing System on http://support.avast.com Important: For any technical help you will need from us, please be aware that you must create a ticket in our Support Center Ticketing System. How to submit a ticket to Reseller Technical Support Department? * First of all, you have to register to get an account 1. Login 2. Create a ticket (by clicking the link submit a ticket ) 3. Select the Department (RESELLER SUPPORT) 4. Select the Ticket priority 5. Enter your message & submit it (do not forget the title)
avast! Reseller Technical Support Your ticket must contain as much information as possible! Detailed description of the problem Hardware information (server/client hw configuration) Software information (OS,installed application list..) Network topology/configuration (for ASOA & AEA) Other logs (event viewer, third party tools etc.) avast! log files (Important)
avast! Support avast! SOA Log files Administration console log files: Win Vista/Windows 7/Windows 2008 C:\Users\All Users\AVAST Software\Administration Console\Logs Win XP/Windows 2003 C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AVAST Software\Administration Console\Logs
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