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The Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) SDK has the following hardware and software requirements for the development computer, the computer hosting the SDK sample application, and the computer browsing to the sample application's Web page. Note that all of these can be the same computer.

  • Development Computer
  • Computer that Hosts the Included Sample Application
  • Computer that Browses to the Sample Application

Development Computer

Software

  • The AD RMS SDK.
  • Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services with Service Pack 1, and any software that it requires, on this computer or another computer that your application can access.
  • Visual Studio 2005 or later must be installed on your development computer. The Objbase.h header file, which defines the compound file structures and functions, must be included in any code referencing these structures or functions. This header is included by Atlenc.h. These header files are included with Visual Studio.

Hardware

  • Whatever hardware requirements the required software needs, plus approximately 1 megabyte additional disk space on your Windows disk or partition and 700 kilobytes of disk space on your chosen installation disk for this SDK. For information about the hardware requirements of a product, see its documentation.

Computer that Hosts the Included Sample Application

Note  This can be the same computer as the development computer.

Software

Hardware

  • Whatever hardware requirements the software has, plus approximately 1 megabyte additional disk space on your Windows disk or partition and 700 kilobytes of disk space on your chosen installation disk for this SDK. For information about the hardware requirements of a product, see its documentation.

Computer that Browses to the Sample Application

Note  This can be either of the two previous computers, or a different computer entirely.

Software

Developer Knowledge

To use the AD RMS SDK, you should have:

  • A good understanding of how to use SOAP Web methods.
  • A good understanding of the Microsoft .NET Framework, the common language runtime, Web Services, and Web Service client proxies.
  • Knowledge of how to create a project that uses both managed and unmanaged code.
  • Strong Web development experience in the technology you choose to present your protected documents.
  • Basic understanding of the compound file format and MHT format, if you want to use the Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer to display your content (as the included sample application does). These documents provide some information on these topics, but an SDK for the Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer is available. This SDK includes documentation about compound files and how to make them. If you plan to use your own application to display protected content, you should have a good understanding of the format it will use.

See Also

Windows Rights Management Services

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