With the .NET 3.5 Framework, there have been some subtle changes that we have made to the database structure to further improve database performance. These changes are 100% backwards-compatible with the 2009 version of Office Tools Professional, so there is no need to worry about compatibility.
This utility will prepare your database for use with the new Office Tools Professional and all newly released features (such as the 2010 Outlook Sync and the new Form Letter Manager). When this utility runs, it will essentially re-build your database from the ground up, while migrating all of your existing information into the newly created database.
This utility must be run on the computer operating as your Office Tools Professional server.
Before running this utility, please read through the following checklist:
- Ensure that all workstations are closed out of Office Tools Professional and the Event Manager. If the database is being accessed, the preparation process will not finish successfully.
- Use the Office Tools Database Backup Utility to create a current backup. This is just to ensure you have multiple copies of your existing database.
- Make sure you are running the utility on the Office Tools Server, and that you are logged into Windows as the Network Administrator. The preparation utility requires unrestricted access to the server, since it is required to access data contained within restricted areas of the hard drive and operating system.
- When the installation is finished, be sure to check the 'Launch' check box before clicking 'Finish'.
If you exited the installer without choosing 'Launch', you can run the utility by navigating to the install directory ('C:\Program Files\Office Tools\Preparation' by default) and run 'Database Update.exe'.
