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Please review the current system requirements for setup considerations and suggestions. Review each section in advance before making expensive hardware and network decisions that may not be in line with LexisNexis CaseMap or TextMap recommendations.

Please keep informed of CaseMap Server, CaseMap Admin Console, and CaseMap SQL Import Utility release updates and how they impact your system by contacting your CaseMap Sales or Support Representative.

When setting up users for local cases, ensure that all users have full network access to each case directory they need to access. When setting up users for SQL cases in the CaseMap Admin Console, ensure that users are assigned appropriate roles and assigned to the cases they need access.

CaseMap Server is a Windows® .NET Windows Communications Foundation (WCF) Web service that authenticates CaseMap users and is used to store or retrieve data from the admin database. CaseMap Server must be installed on a local hard drive. You must be logged on with admin rights to install CaseMap Server.

•	2 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

•	4 GB of RAM or greater

•	Approximately 100 MB of free disk space on the system drive

•	Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colors

•	Any of the following versions of Microsoft Windows®:

Microsoft Windows 2008 Server®

Microsoft Windows 2012 Server®

Microsoft Windows 2016 Server®

•	Any of the following versions of Microsoft Internet Information Server®

Microsoft Windows Microsoft IIS 7.0®

Microsoft Windows Microsoft IIS 7.5®

Microsoft Windows Microsoft IIS 8.0®

Microsoft Windows Microsoft IIS 10.0®

•	Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 and above

Installation Location:

CaseMap Server must be installed on a local hard drive.

You must be logged on with Admin rights to install CaseMap Server.

Special Notes:

•	CaseMap Server Web Service requires CaseMap Admin Database residing on SQL Server 2008®, SQL Server 2012®, SQL Server 2014® or SQL Server 2016®. Installer will prompt you for SQL Server credentials to create the Admin Database.

•	CaseMap Server Web Service should only be accessible from within WAN and any access to Web Service from Internet should be blocked.

•	CaseMap Server Web Service runs under a Service Account that has the privileges to perform LDAP Queries against Active Directory and has Read/Write/Execute permission on CaseMap Admin database.

•	CaseMap Server Web Service has two endpoints, one for the CaseMap client application and the other for the CaseMap Admin Console to use.

Admin Console Endpoint Default URL:

http://[Web Server Name]/CMServer/CMServerAdmin.svc

Client Application Endpoint Default URL:

http://[Web Server Name]/CMServer/CMServerClient.svc

•	CaseMap SQL case databases require SQL Server 2016®, SQL Server 2014®, SQL Server 2012®, or SQL Server 2008® with SP2 or higher.

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Service Broker must be enabled in Microsoft SQL Server for databases that get created when new TextMap SQL cases are created or registered in the CaseMap Admin Console. Enabling Service Broker ensures indexing success when transcripts are imported into a SQL case file. If Service Broker is disabled, indexing and re-indexing will not occur during import or case creation.

CaseMap Server Web Service requires CaseMap Admin Database residing on SQL Server 2005®, SQL Server 2008® or SQL Server 2012®. Installer will prompt you for SQL Server credentials to create the Admin Database.

CaseMap Server Web Service should only be accessible from within WAN and any access to Web Service from Internet should be blocked.

The CaseMap Server should only be accessible from within the secured network and any access to the CaseMap Server from Internet should be blocked.

CaseMap Server Web Service runs under a Service Account that has the privileges to perform LDAP Queries against Active Directory and has Read/Write/Execute permission on CaseMap Admin database.

CaseMap Server Web Service has two endpoints, one for the CaseMap client application and the other for the CaseMap Admin Console to use.

Admin Console Endpoint Default URL:

http://[Web_Server_Name]/CMServer/CMServerAdmin.svc

Client Application Endpoint Default URL:

http://[Web_Server_Name]/CMServer/CMServerClient.svc

CaseMap SQL case databases require SQL Server 2012®, SQL Server 2008® or SQL Server 2005® with SP2 or higher.

The CaseMap Admin Console is the Windows desktop application providing access to the CaseMap Server Web Service. Install the CaseMap Admin Console to the Microsoft Windows desktop of any user who will administer TextMap SQL cases and other users.

The CaseMap Admin Console must be installed and run on a local hard drive. The CaseMap Admin Console can not be run from a network server. CaseMap Admin Console data is stored on an Admin Database residing in a Microsoft® SQL Server® database. You must be logged on with Admin rights to install the CaseMap Admin Console.

•	1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

•	1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

•	Approximately 1 GB of free disk space on the system drive

•	Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colors

•	Any of the following versions of Microsoft Windows®:

Microsoft Windows 2008 Server®

Microsoft Windows 2012 Server®

Microsoft Windows 2016 Server®

Microsoft Windows Vista®

Microsoft Windows 7®

Microsoft Windows 8®

Microsoft Windows 10®

When prompted to enter URL for CaseMap Server (optional), please enter an URL ending with CMServerAdmin.svc. CaseMap Server is required to administer TextMap SQL cases and respective users.

Review the following for additional information regarding recommendations.

Network connection speed, network traffic, database size, and other items may be a factor when evaluating performance. To maximize performance, the user capacity of the CaseMap Server is metered by the hardware. A Pentium CPU will support 25 users. A Xeon or Pentium Hyper Threaded (HT) CPU will support 50 users. Multiple CPU capacity for dual and quad CPU servers. Server capacity is also limited by bandwidth on your LAN and WAN, as well as file server speed.

The CaseMap Server requires a Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) v6.0 or v7.0 Web server. If you are installing CaseMap Server on an IIS 6 server, you will need to ensure that aspnet_isapi.dll is allowed.

The application pool identity must be configured for IIS by running the aspnet_regiis utility. You can do this from the command line (running as Administrator).

It must also hold the Log On As Service right in the LSA.

The CaseMap Server should only be accessible inside your protected network and requires installation to a single Windows® Server 2003 or 2008. You should not allow access to the CaseMap Server from the Internet.

Please use standard configurations for an IIS web server. The CaseMap Server web services will use the ports that are assigned to its parent Web site in IIS. However, CaseMap and the CaseMap Admin Console expect the CaseMap Server to be on port 80 for HTTP or 443 for SSL.

CaseMap Server supports SSL encryption. It is recommended that you require SSL connections to the CaseMap Server's parent Web site.

If the hosting web site of the CaseMap Server does not have an SSL binding in Microsoft IIS, the SSL endpoints will need to be modified.

For your convenience, we have already included the necessary elements in the web.config to support SSL. However, these configuration values are commented by default. To enable support for SSL, you will need to uncomment some values in the Web.config file.

1.	Locate the following:

<!-- SSL Support

</security>

</binding>

</basicHttpBinding>

</bindings>

2.	Change Step 1 to the following:

</security>

</binding>

</basicHttpBinding>

</bindings>

3.	Next locate the following:

<!-- SSL Endpoint

-->

4.	Change Step 3 to the following:

5.	Now locate the following:

<!-- SSL Endpoint

-->

6.	Change Step 5 to the following:

To enable support for debugging, you will need to uncomment some values in the Web.config file.

1.	Locate the following text:

<!-- Debugging Support

-->

2.	Change the text in Step 1 to the following:

Windows Authentication logons can be used by the CaseMap Server, making user administration easy and fully integrated with your existing network policies. CaseMap Server reuses Windows credentials to authenticate a user. Once a user logs on to Windows, CaseMap Server can use that same log on so that a user does not need to re-specify their credentials.

CaseMap Server with Active Directory can be used to verify users' logons and passwords. Logons are checked with Windows Security Controller. Setting this up helps ensure conformation with password policies.

CaseMap Server has two authentication type options:

•	Windows Authentication (External by LDAP) — Authentication by Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (Active Directory) for accessing SQL cases in CaseMap Server.

•	Simple Authentication — CaseMap handles authentication for accessing cases.

When using Windows Authentication, you will need to first set up users in the Active Directory and then add the user name to the CaseMap Admin Console. When using Windows authentication, it is important that user names match in both the Active Directory and the CaseMap Admin Console.

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