Installing Security Compliance Manager
This recipe shows the steps required for a successful installation of Security Compliance Manager.
Getting ready
You should prepare a physical or virtual system to install Security Compliance Manager on. In addition, you should complete the previous recipe Preparing for the creation of a compliance baseline before starting the installation.
How to do it...
The prerequisites for installing Security Compliance Manager are as follows:
- Prepare an account that has administrative privileges on the system where Security Compliance Manager will be installed
- Ensure you have access to Group Policy Management Console and read-access to AD
- Ensure you have a compatible operating system; at the time of writing, a client system with Windows 7, Windows 8 and later, or a server system with Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 2012, is sufficient
- Install the prerequisites as follows:
- Windows Installer 4.5 (already included in Windows 8 and Windows 2012).
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4; ensure...
