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Advanced Technical Administration Guide ii Contents Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Consulting Is Available ............................................................................................................ 1 Adding Custom Notes to This Guide ........................................................................................ 1 If You Need Assistance ............................................................................................................... 2 Customer Services .................................................................................................................. 2 Customer Care Connect Site ................................................................................................... 2 Additional Documentation........................................................................................................ 3 Problem Displaying Online Help in Internet Explorer ................................................................ 4 Chapter 1: Creating a Reverse Proxy for SQL Reporting Using Application Request Routing (ARR) .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Do I Need a Reverse Proxy? ................................................................................................... 5 Install Application Request Routing (ARR) ............................................................................... 5 Configure Application Request Routing (ARR) ......................................................................... 6 Configure Vision to Use the Reverse Proxy ............................................................................. 9 Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................... 9 Application Request Routing (ARR) Documentation ................................................................ 9 Chapter 2: Configuring HTTP Compression ............................................................................... 10 Three Configuration Methods for HTTP Compression ............................................................ 10 Install HTTP Compression IIS Role Services ......................................................................... 10 Configure HTTP Compression ............................................................................................... 10 Additional Settings that May Impact HTTP Compression ....................................................... 12 Test the HTTP Compression Configuration............................................................................ 12 HTTP Compression Sections/Settings in applicationhost.config ............................................. 12 Chapter 3: Configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) .................................................................. 14 Important Information on SSL Configurations ........................................................................ 14 Secure the Vision Web Server ............................................................................................... 15 Secure SQL Server Reporting Services ................................................................................. 16 Test the SSL Configuration ................................................................................................... 18 Chapter 4: Pre-Deploying Deltek Vision Smart Client to User Workstations ................................ 19 ClickOnce Deployment Features ........................................................................................... 19 Files to be Deployed ............................................................................................................. 19 Deploy Files to a Workstation ................................................................................................ 20 Chapter 5: Integrated Security Configuration for Vision .............................................................. 21 Configure the Application Pool Identity .................................................................................. 22 Configure Vision for Windows Integrated Authentication ........................................................ 23 Advanced Technical Administration Guide iii Configure Windows Integrated Authentication for Internet Users (and Non-Domain Workstations) ........................................................................................................................ 23 Configure Windows Authentication for the Vision Database Connection ................................ 24 Configure a Service Principal Name ...................................................................................... 24 Configure Authentication Persistence .................................................................................... 26 Chapter 6: Configuring Database Session State for Vision ......................................................... 29 Create the Session State Database (Optional) ...................................................................... 29 Configure Vision for Database Session State ........................................................................ 29 Chapter 7: Securing Your Deltek Vision Deployment ................................................................. 31 Web/Application Tier ............................................................................................................. 31 Database Tier ....................................................................................................................... 33 Report Tier ............................................................................................................................ 34 Process Server Tier .............................................................................................................. 35 If You Have Multiple Servers ................................................................................................. 36 Chapter 8: Reporting Services Logging ..................................................................................... 37 Enable Reporting Services Trace Logging ............................................................................. 37 Enable Reporting Services HTTP Logging ............................................................................. 39 Chapter 9: Deltek Vision Transaction Document Management ................................................... 40 Prerequisites ......................................................................................................................... 40 FILESTREAM Best Practices ................................................................................................ 40 Installation Overview ............................................................................................................. 41 Identify the SQL Server to Host the FILESTREAM Database ................................................. 41 Enable FILESTREAM on SQL Server .................................................................................... 41 Files Administration Utility in Vision ....................................................................................... 44 Troubleshooting FILESTREAM ............................................................................................. 45 Using FILESTREAM with Other SQL Server Features ........................................................... 46 Chapter 10: Configure an Alternate Database for Vision Reporting ............................................ 48 Alternate Database for Reporting .......................................................................................... 48 Configure the Alternate Database for Reporting in WebLink .................................................. 49 Troubleshooting .................................................................................................................... 50 Chapter 11: Configure Microsoft SQL Server Availability Groups ............................................... 51 Prerequisites ........................................................................................................................