Requirements

The Design Manager is not a web part; it is an application that can be run independently from any user’s computer or from a server, as long as the following requirements have been met:

•      The Design Manager web service must be installed on a server

•      The Design Manager client application must be installed on the location from which it is to be run – either on the server or on the user’s computer

•      The user must have a minimum of Site Collection Administrator access (must have access to read the entire site structure), so the Design Manager can scan for and modify the sites to be migrated

•      If the Design Manager is to be executed from the server, the user must also be a Server Administrator

•      The site(s) to be migrated must be upgraded to SharePoint

•      A SharePoint page to be used as a template must be created

Anyone who runs the Design Manager from a server must be a server administrator. As a result, CorasWorks expects that the Design Manager will be used most frequently from user desktops.

The Design Manager is not yet supported on Windows Vista™.