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Deployment Planning

Antigen Plus is a Windows fat client application with a SQL Server database backend. The client application is hosted locally on blood laboratory workstations or an application server. The database backend can be either hosted in Microsoft Azure and managed by Antigen Plus, or hosted locally.

Typical evaluation process

  1. Modify your firewall rules to allow access to the Antigen Plus servers.

  2. Install the software on a single workstation.

  3. Launch the software and register your company with Antigen Plus. This generates a file called the company key.

  4. Store the company key in a safe location, since it will be needed for additional installations.

  5. Use and test the software for 30 days using the default cloud database.

Typical deployment process

  1. Decide whether you want to store data in the cloud or on a local SQL Server.

  2. If using a local server, configure the server and create 1 or more empty databases. If using a cloud server, request the appropriate databases from Antigen Plus.

  3. Customize configuration files to specify local database connection strings and other global settings.

  4. Install the application on additional workstations or application servers.

  5. Copy configuration files to the installation directory.

  6. Import the saved company key either using the user interface or the provided command-line utility.

  7. Create application shortcuts that connect users to the correct database at startup.

  8. Have a blood laboratory manager be the first person to run the software. That manager will become the first Antigen Plus administrator for that database.

  9. The Antigen Plus administrator can configure additional global settings within the software.

  10. As other users begin to use the software, the Antigen Plus administrator can assign them roles.

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