Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 System Requirements

On this page, you will find system requirements for Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 Service Pack 1, as well as client system requirements.

  • IAG 2007 appliance-based solution
  • Browser support
  • Endpoint detection support
  • Prerequisites for installing IAG Client components
  • Prerequisites for running IAG Client components

IAG 2007 appliance-based solution

IAG 2007 is sold only as an appliance-based solution through our OEM partners, rather than as software only. These devices are configured with powerful hardware to support a broad range of usage scenarios.

Note

We recommend that all customers deploy current security implementation best practices, including applicable hotfixes, as outlined at the Microsoft TechNet Security Center.

Browser support

The following table illustrates what Web browsers are supported on endpoint computers.

An asterisk (*) indicates support for mobile Internet connectivity.

Although other browsers might also be functional, for optimal performance, we recommend use of these versions only.

Minimum Requirements

Operating System Supported Browsers

Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7Mozilla family: Netscape Navigator 7.1.x, Netscape Navigator 7.2.x; Mozilla 1.7.x; Firefox 1.0.x

Windows Vista

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Mozilla family: Firefox 2.0

Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC *

Pocket Internet Explorer

Mac OS X

Safari 1.2.4, Safari 1.3, and Safari 2.0Mozilla family: Netscape Navigator 7.1.x, Netscape Navigator 7.2.x; Mozilla 1.7.x; Firefox 1.0.x; Camino 0.83

Linux (Red Hat, SUSE, Debian)

Mozilla family: Netscape Navigator 7.1.x, Netscape Navigator 7.2.x; Mozilla 1.7.x; Firefox 1.0.x

Note

Some of the IAG 2007 client components are supported only on Windows operating systems running Internet Explorer. For details, refer to "Whale Client Components" on page 147 in the Intelligent Application Gateway User Guide.
For those users running other operating systems or other browser versions, the IAG 2007 portal home page has been reworked to present a stripped-down page for browsers that do not support the rich environment necessary for the entire range of IAG features, such as scheduled logoffs and session time-outs.

Endpoint detection support

For information on endpoint detection support, see IAG Technical Reference (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=106555)

Prerequisites for installing IAG client components

The following table lists the prerequisites on the endpoint computer for the installation of the IAG client components, including prerequisites for each of the available installation modes.

Prerequisite Online Installation¹ Component Installer Offline Installation

Operating system:Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000²

Browser:Internet Explorer 6, 7

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Browser enables download of signed ActiveX objects

 

 

Browser enables running of signed ActiveX objects

 

 

For the initial installation of the Whale Component Manager: Administrator privileges

  1. For the Socket Forwarding component: The endpoint computer must meet the "Install Socket Forwarding Component Policy" set on the Session tab, in the Endpoint Policies area. For details, refer to "Endpoint Policies" on page 93 in the Intelligent Application Gateway User Guide.
  2. On Windows 2000, the components can only be installed by using the Whale Client Components.
  3. For the Network Connector component: any browser supported by the IAG.

Prerequisites for running IAG client components

The following table lists the prerequisites on the endpoint computer for running the IAG 2007 client components, after they are installed on the computer, including:

  • Prerequisites for running the ActiveX components: Attachment Wiper, Endpoint Detection, and SSL Wrapper components.
  • Prerequisites for running the Socket Forwarding component.
  • Prerequisites for running the Network Connector component, both using the SSL Wrapper ActiveX component and the SSL Wrapper Java applet.

There are no special prerequisites for running the Client Trace and Socket Forwarding Helper utilities.

Prerequisite

ActiveX components

Socket Forwarder

Network Connector using ActiveX SSL Wrapper

Network Connector using Java SSL Wrapper

Operating System

Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000¹

Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000¹

Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000¹

Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000¹

Browser

Internet Explorer 6, 7²

Internet Explorer 6, 7²

Internet Explorer 6, 7²

Java SSL Wrapper supported browsers³

Browser enables running of signed ActiveX objects

Required

Required

Required

N/A

User privileges

Any

Any4

Any

Any

Windows DHCP Client Service

N/A

N/A

Must be running

Must be running

  1. On Windows 2000, functionality of the components is based on IAG version 3.7.0. Features that were added in version 3.7 SP1 are not supported.
  2. On Windows Vista, Internet Explorer 7.
  3. The Java applet is supported on the browsers that are supported by the IAG, as listed in "Supported Browsers" on page 19 in the Intelligent Application Gateway User Guide.
  4. Some applications might require Administrator privileges. For details, see "Technology Overview" on page 172 in the Intelligent Application Gateway User Guide.