Alfresco software

As a first step to getting Alfresco Records Management up and running, we need to first acquire the software. Whether you plan to use either the Enterprise or the Community version of Alfresco, you should note that the Records Management module was not available until late 2009. The Records Management module was first certified with the 3.2 release of Alfresco Share. The first Enterprise version of Alfresco that supported Records Management was version 3.2R, which was released in February 2010.

Make sure the software versions are compatible

It is important to note that there was an early version of Records Management that was built for the Alfresco JSF-based Explorer client. That version was not certified for DoD 5015.2 compliance and is no longer supported by Alfresco. In fact, the Alfresco Explorer version of Records Management is not compatible with the Share version of Records Management, and trying to use the two implementations together can result in corrupt data....