Dear friend,

thank you for downloading Team@Work Professional edition.

This download contains installations of Team@Work for MS Window platforms. Please visit our web site http://www.efficient-soft.com for more information and additional downloads for Linux.

Team@Work is a network-based system and therefore it needs some efforts to install and prepare it to run. We hope these efforts will be paied back with the increased efficiency and pleasure of using Team@Work system.

Team@Work consists of two installations: the server and the client applications. You should install both parts in order to run the system.

The download package contains the following installation program:
    taw-180-pro-win.exe.
Installation is made as easy as it is possible. After the initial screens you will be asked to choose the installation: server, applications and web application. On the next screen you should choose the folder where the selected parts of Team@Work should be installed. The default path is "C:\Program Files\Efficient Software Systems\Team@Work 1.8 Pro" Also a new program sub-group "Efficient Software Systems / Team@Work 1.8 Pro" will be generated in the "Programs" group.
Team@Work is a Java based system and therefore it needs a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to run. It is bundled in the installer, so we strongly recomend you always to use the bundeled JVM unless you are absolutely sure that you have Sun's JRE 1.4.1_xx correctly installed on your computer. To use the bundled JVM just keep the option "Sun Java Runtime Environment v 1.4.1_02" checked and use option "Use bundeled JVM" on the next installation screen.

You must install only one Team@Work server. If you want to allow Team@Work users to access the system via Internet you will need a Web server running as well. Currently Team@Work is tested only with Tomcat 4.1. Please refer to file "WebInstallationGuide.txt" for a detailed description of the procedure. 

The users of Team@Work may choose different approaches in using the system. Some of them may prefer to access Team@Work via Internet. In this case they do not need any installations on their computers. Please note that in this case you should have a Web server running and Team@Work web application installed on it. 
Other users may choose to install Team@Work Applications package on their computers.

In any case please don't forget to set up the network connection parameters in order to allow the applications to find the server over the network. There is a special Connection setup tool in the Team@Work program group. 

You may install both server and applications on the same computer. This will simplify the server administration and also will simplify testing and evaluation - you can start evaluation on a single computer.

It is not necessary for the server and the clients to run on one and the same operating system - you may have a Linux server and MS Windows clients for example. Also you may have different platforms for different clients.

Team@Work has its own security system based on user names and passwords. The system comes with one built-in user account. The default user name is 'Administrator' and the default password is '123456'. Initially you can start any Team@Work application using this account. 

Tutorial database
Team@Work Professional Edition comes with a built-in tutorial database which describes a fictional company that use Team@Work. You can play with this database and learn how to use different features of the system. Please read the Tutorial help installed in the Team@Work program group for more descriptions.

Licensing Team@Work
Team@Work installation comes with a free trial license. It is a fixed-period license for 21 days. The free trial license is fully functional evaluation license and you will not feel any limitations during the trial period. Two weeks before the license expires the system will start to notify you about the expiration (see the Team@Work documentation). After the trial period the server stops working and you will need a license to re-activate it. Please note that no information will be lost in your database until the server is stopped. You can purchase a license from the Efficient Software Systems web site http://www.efficient-soft.com.

License upgrades
Licensed users receive new versions Team@Work for a reduced price. Please contact us on support@efficient-soft.com for upgrdades. 


Please visit our web site http://www.efficient-soft.com for more information and additional downloads.
In case you have any questions about Team@Work, please contact us on contact@efficient-soft.com.

Have a pleasant and successful work with Team@Work!

Sincerely,
Team@Work development team
