Installing Strategy on Windows

This section describes the procedures for installing the Strategy One products that are necessary to run your business intelligence application on a Windows environment.

Before installing Strategy One products, see Planning Your Installation for important pre-installation information.

Some Strategy One products are available in two versions, as described below.

• Windows only: The Windows only versions, labeled as Strategy Intelligence Server, Strategy Web (ASP.NET), and so on, are compatible only with a Windows platform. With these versions, Strategy Web can be deployed quickly and easily using Strategy's Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server. The drawback is that IIS is the only Web server that can be used to deploy the Windows only version of Strategy Web.

• Universal (platform independent): The universal versions, labeled as Strategy Intelligence Server, Strategy Web (JSP), and so on, are compatible with Windows as well as Linux platforms. Installing the universal versions on Windows lets you deploy Strategy Web with different application and Web server combinations. For example, instead of using IIS to deploy Strategy Web, you can use Apache Tomcat, Oracle 10g, and so on.

  If you have used the Evaluation Edition of the Strategy One platform, you may have installed most of these products already. However, additional considerations are important when you are setting up a production business intelligence system as opposed to running the evaluation software. You should read this chapter carefully, even if you already have a working system from your Evaluation Edition.

Deploying OEM Applications explains the common workflow for deploying the MicroStrategy platform as an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) application.