What are the software requirements for installing Directory and Resource Administrator version 8.1? (NETIQKB70539)

What are the software requirements for installing Directory and Resource Administrator version 8.1?
What are the DRA 8.1 software requirements?

Directory and Resource Administrator is composed of the following required Administration server components and user interfaces. The Administration server is a service that must be installed on a Windows 2003 member server computer.  It is recommended that Directory and Resource Administrator (DRA) 8.1 not be installed on a domain controller.

The required server components follow:

• Administration Server
• Exchange Administrator
• Web component

Administration Server
The computer that runs the Administration server service must have the following software installed and configured:

• Operating Systems: 
  • Microsoft Windows 2003
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 R2
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 SP2 
• Active scripting enabled in Internet Explorer to run the Setup program
• NetBIOS protocol support
• DCOM support
• LDAP (for ADAM instance)
• SSL (for ADAM instance)

Exchange Administrator
To install and use Exchange Administrator, the Exchange server must have LDAP support enabled and one of the following versions of Exchange installed on the DRA server:

• Microsoft Exchange 2000 SP2
• Microsoft Exchange 2003 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Ensure the version of the Exchange Tools matches your Exchange server version:

• Microsoft Exchange 2000 SP2 System Management Tools
• Microsoft Exchange 2003 SP2 System Management Tools
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools

Note: To enable Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 support in DRA, install these tools in the following order:

1. Microsoft Exchange 2003 SP2 System Management Tools
2. Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Tools
3. Collaboration Data Objects (CD) 1.2.1

Web Component

• Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.0 or 6.0
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0
• File System Object component (scrrun.dll)
• W3SVC service
  

The required user interfaces follow:

• Account and Resource Management
• Delegation and Configuration
• Command line interface (CLI)
• ADSI provider
• Web Console
• Reporting and Query Tool

Account and Resource Management,  Delegation and Configuration, Command Line Interface, and ADSI Provider

• Microsoft Windows 2000 (Professional or Server)
• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 
• Microsoft Windows XP (Including SP1 and SP2)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Including SP1 and SP2)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• NetBIOS Protocol
• .NET Framework 1.1, which, by default, the setup program installs automatically

Web Console

• Microsoft Internet Explorer or 6.0 or 7.0

Reporting and Query Tool
By default, the setup program installs the runtime version of Microsoft Access 2000, which allows you to view reports. To customize reports, install the production version of Microsoft Access 2000 or later.

• Microsoft Access 2000, 2003

For more information about hardware requirements for installing Directory and Resource Administrator version 8.1, see NetIQ Knowledge Base Article NETIQKB70538.

Formerly known as NETIQKB70539