If you have a standard Windows XP installation, IIS will not be installed. A web server is needed to run Share360, so you have two options:

• Install IIS
• Use the Cybozu Web Server

If you choose to install IIS, follow these instructions

1) Deactivate "Simple File Sharing"

• Go to Start menu --> Accessories --> Windows Explorer.
• From the Menu Bar, select [Tool] --> [Folder Options].
• Click View tag.
• Remove the check in the box next to [Use simple file sharing (recommended)]

2) Share scripts files

• At the C:\Inetput\Scripts folder, right-click [Properties].
• Click the Web Sharing tab.
• Move the check mark to Share this folder.
• Edit Alias screen will be displayed.
• At Application Permissions, check Executable includes scripts.

3) Change permissions of Set Scripts Directory

• At the C:\Inetput\Scripts folder, right-click [Properties].
• Click the [Security] tab.
• Click the [Add] button.
• At the Group and User Names column, enter [everyone] and then click [ok].
• Check [Full Control] for Everyone's permissions.

4) Permit IIS Anonymous Access

• Go to Start Menu --> Setting --> Administration Tools --> Internet Information Service.
• Under Web Site, click Open Default Web site.
• Right-click on Scripts and select [Properties].
• Click the [Directory Security] tab.
• Click [Edit] button for Anonymous Access and Authentication Control.
• Check Anonymous Access.

IIS on Windows 2000/XP professional has a restriction on the TCP connection. It only allows 10 connections at the same time.

Because accessing a single web page may use more than one connection (since the web browser may try to get HTML, images, frame-HTML on different sessions), if some users access the server on Windows 2000/XP Pro, they may not be able to connect.

To avoid this, you can take the following precautions:

• Change IIS on 2000/XP Pro to a different web server like Apache. Apache does not limit the number of connections. Cybozu Web Server also does not have a limitation, but it is less scalable than Apache.
• Change the OS from Professional to 2000 server (XP does not have server)
• Change the OS to a different OS

This problem is caused by Windows 2000/XP Pro's restriction, so it is not a Share360 problem; any CGI/ASP, and even static web pages on IIS, have the same problem.

The following is the list of server OS's that Share360 currently supports:

Windows

• Windows XP Professional
• Windows 2000 Professional
• Windows 2000 Server
• Windows NT Workstation 4.0
• Windows NT Server 4.0
• Windows 98

UNIX

• Linux 2.x
• FreeBSD

We do not recommend you use Windows 98 as server OS because Windows 98 was not developed to be used continuously. If you use Share360 for a small number of users, use it infrequently, or turn off Windows 98 every day, it can be used. However, we cannot guarantee stable operation of Share360. If you currently use Windows 98, we advise you to operate Share360 in another server OS, such as Windows 2000, Windows NT, or UNIX for better performance and more stability.

Although Windows 98 was not developed to be used continuously, if you use Office for a small number of users, use it infrequently, or turn off Windows 98 every day, Share360 should work fine on Windows 98.

However, we cannot guarantee a stable operation of Office. You may experience slow speed or server freezes. If you currently use Windows 98, we advise you to operate Share360 on another server OS, such as Windows 2000, Windows NT, or UNIX for better performance and more stability.

Judging from our benchmark test, our recommended maximum number of users is 300, based on the presumption that 30 users will access Share360 simultaneously. But this will heavily depends on your hardware/network environments and we recommend that you should test Share360 in actual load before purchasing it.

Though Share360 was originally designed to be an intranet-based groupware, it can also serve well over Internet. However, you should be aware that the usage over internet may increase security risks like any other web contents & applications. We therefore, highly recommend that you should take out extra protections such as VPN, SSL etc. to minimize the risks.

No, Share360 is not designed to integrate with external DBs and instead, employs its own proprietary database, "CyDE".

Share360 operates under whatever port your webserver is configured to listen on, usually port 80 or 8080.

Share360 employs its own proprietary DB called "CyDE".