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About this guide
- Guide overview
  - Audience
- Additional resources
Chapter 1: Introduction
- About Nuance Management Center
- Physical architecture
Chapter 2: Installation checklists
- Checklist—Planning the server installation
- Checklist—Planning the client installation
Chapter 3: Preparing for your server installation
- Software requirements—Server
  - Application server and database server
  - NMC console
- Hardware requirements—Server
- Server installation prerequisites
  - Application server and database server
  - NMC console prerequisites
- Other considerations
- Obtaining required server software
- Opening required ports
Chapter 4: Installing the servers
- Installing SQL Server
- Installing Nuance Management Center
Chapter 5: Post-installation tasks
- Installing and binding the SSL certificate
- Verifying the NMS Platform service is running
  - Starting the NMS Platform service manually
- Configuring your network switch
- Logging in to the Nuance Management Center (NMC) console
- Determining your database backup method
Chapter 6: Preparing for your Active Directory single sign-on configuration
- Single sign-on overview
- Before you begin
- Creating an NMC console Administrator user for Active Directory
- Setting the Active Directory connection string
- Creating and configuring user accounts for single sign-on
  - Creating user accounts
  - Configuring user accounts
Chapter 7: Installing the Local Authenticator
- About the Local Authenticator
  - Local Authenticator logs
- Downloading the Local Authenticator
- Creating organization tokens
- Installing and binding the SSL certificate
- Installing the Local Authenticator
- Editing the configuration file
- Starting the Local Authenticator service
Chapter 8: Preparing for your Dragon Group client installation
- Software and hardware requirements—Client
  - Dragon Group hardware recommendations
  - Supported Virtual Desktop infrastructure applications
- Required skills for installing Dragon Group
- Dragon File Structure
  - Windows 7, Windows 8.x, and Windows 10
  - Accessing program files
- Assigning access
  - Assigning permissions
- Configuring client workstations
Chapter 9: Installing the Dragon Group client
Chapter 10: Installing the Dragon client with Settings
- Overview—Installing the Dragon client with initial settings
- Installing the same Dragon configuration on multiple computers
- Performing an administrative installation with a batch file
  - Understanding the script in admininstall.bat
  - Modifying admininstall.bat
- Command Line installation with msiexec.exe
  - Installing the same configuration on additional computer(s)
Chapter 11: Configuring the Dragon client for NMS
- Associating Dragon clients with the NMC server or Local Authenticator
- Converting from Stand-Alone to NMS mode
Chapter 12: Scheduling Optimization Tasks
- Using Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer and Scheduler tools
Chapter 13: Working with Custom Commands
- Using the Convert XML to DAT Tool
- Using the MyCommands Protection Utility
Chapter 14: Upgrading the Dragon client
- Preparing to upgrade Dragon
- Upgrading Roaming User Profiles
  - Before you upgrade
  - After upgrading Roaming user profiles
- Upgrading Your Dragon installation from the Command Line
- Upgrading with msiexec.exe
- Upgrading user profiles
  - Running the Upgrade User Profiles Wizard
  - Importing custom words and commands
Chapter 15: Managing Logs and Errors
- Dragon logs
  - Dragon client logs
  - Usability logs (Stand-Alone mode only)
- Handling Dragon error messages
- Accessing the Dragon Knowledge Database
Chapter 16: Using Dragon over a remote desktop connection
- Use Dragon through a remote desktop connection
- Remote desktop connection support
  - Support for dictation sources over a remote desktop connection
  - System Requirements for using Dragon through a remote desktop connection
- Installing Dragon on the server and the client
- Configuring the Windows server
- Configuring Windows Server 2008 R2
- Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 Part 1
- Configuring Windows 7 Ultimate Server
- Configuring the Dragon clients
  - User Profiles and using Dragon through a Remote Desktop session
Appendix A: Options for MSI Installations
- MSI options for Dragon installations
  - Sample command lines
- Feature variables to set through the ADDLOCAL or ADVERTISE properties
  - Speech options
- MSI options for scheduled tasks
- Editing Miscellaneous and Scheduled Task settings in nsdefaults.ini
- Extracting MSI/MST Files from the Dragon setup.exe
Appendix B: Stand-Alone Mode Installation Options
- Setting Roaming user profile options
- Understanding Roaming user settings in nsdefaults.ini and roamingdef.ini
  - nsdefaults.ini settings
  - roamingdef.ini options
- Installing a Roaming user profile configuration on additional computers
Appendix C: Database backups
- About database backups
- Disabling automatic database backups

About this guide

Additional resources

The following resources are available in addition to this guide to help you manage your Dragon Group

installation.

Documentation

Document Description Location

Dragon Group

Release Notes

New features, system

requirements, client

upgrade instructions,

and known issues.

Dragon client Help (Help>Help Topics)

Dragon Group Citrix

Administrator Guide

Hardware, software,

and network

requirements for

deploying Dragon

Group in a network of

client computers that

connect to a Citrix

server to access

published applications.

Dragon Support web site:

http://www.nuance.com/ucmprod/groups/dragon/@web-

enus/documents/collateral/dragon_group_citrix_

guide.pdf

Nuance Management

Center Administrator

Guide

Information on creating

and maintaining

objects and managing

Dragon clients from

Nuance Management

Center.

Dragon Support web site:

http://www.nuance.com/ucmprod/groups/dragon/@web-

enus/documents/collateral/dpg_nmc_admin_guide.pdf

Nuance Management

Center Help

Instructions for

configuring and

managing the Nuance

Management Center

(NMC) consoleand

Dragon clients.

NMC console Help button ( )

Dragon Group client

Help

Commands and

instructions for

dictating, correcting,

and more with the

Dragon client.

Dragon client Help (Help>Help Topics)

Training

Nuance provides several Dragon training offerings, like webinars, demos, and Nuance University online

training courses. For more information, see the Dragon Support web site.

Support

The Dragon Support web site provides many resources to assist you with your Dragon installation, like

forums and a searchable knowledgebase. For more information on Support offerings, see the Dragon Support

web site at: