Deployment Overview

This section describes the overall process of EDS service deployment.

Deployment is performed on both the provider side and the customer side.

As a provider, you must perform the following steps:

1. Prepare a server for the EDS service. See Hardware Requirements for details.
2. Prepare the network of your CloudBlue Commerce instance. See Network Requirements for details.
3. Prepare a DNS record for the EDS service. See DNS Requirements for details.
4. Prepare an SSL certificate for the EDS service. See SSL Certificate Requirements for details.
5. Install necessary software components on the EDS server. See Preparing the EDS Server for details.
6. Install the SSL certificate. See Importing and Binding the SSL Certificate for details.
7. Configure access to the CloudBlue Commerce APIs. See Configuring Access to the CloudBlue Commerce APIs for details.
8. Install the EDS service. See Installing the EDS Service for details.
9. Make the client EDS components available to your customers. See Uploading the Customer EDS Components to a Web or an FTP Server for details.
10. Configure the EDS resources. See Configuring the EDS Resources for details.

A customer who wants to use the EDS service must perform the following steps:

1. Subscribe to a Hosted Exchange application service plan that includes the necessary EDS resources.
2. Activate the EDS service.
3. Download the EDS agent (ADSynchronizationAgentx64.exe or ADSynchronizationAgent.exe).
4. Install the EDS agent on a server joined to the required Active Directory domain.

5. (Optional) Download and install the EDS password filter (ADPasswordChangeFilterx64.exe or ADPasswordChangeFilter.exe) on all domain controllers of the required Active Directory domain.

   Note: The customer needs to perform this step only if password synchronization is required.

6. Configure user synchronization.
7. Configure mailbox provisioning for newly synchronized users.
8. Perform the initial synchronization.