Install Sophos Enterprise Console: all components

Go to the server on which you want to install all components of Sophos Enterprise Console. If you want the update manager that you will install on this server to update directly from Sophos, ensure that the server is connected to the internet.

The hostname of this server must be different to that of the other servers on which you install an update manager.

If User Account Control (UAC) (on Windows Server 2008 or later) is turned on, turn it off and restart the server. You can turn UAC on again after you have installed Sophos Enterprise Console and subscribed to Sophos updates.

Log on as an administrator.

  • If the server is in a domain, use a domain account that has local administrator rights.
  • If the server is in a workgroup, use a local account that has local administrator rights.
  1. Find the Sophos Enterprise Console installer that you downloaded earlier and double-click it.
  2. Extract the installation files to the suggested destination folder or another one of your choice. The folder must be on this server.

    An installation wizard guides you through installation. Accept the default options, except as shown below:

    1. On the Components Selection page, make sure that all the components are selected.
    2. On the Database Details page, enter the details of an account that can log onto this server. If the server is in a domain, you can use a domain account. If the server is in a workgroup, use a local account that exists on the server. This should not be an administrator account.

When installation is complete, log off or restart the server (the final page in the wizard shows which). When you log on again, Sophos Enterprise Console opens automatically and the Download Security Software Wizard runs. Cancel this and run it later when instructed to do so by this guide.