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Table Of Contents
- Dragon_NMCInstallGuideCover_20160929_v4
- About this guide
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Preparing for your installation
- Chapter 3: Installing the servers
- Chapter 4: Post-installation tasks
- Chapter 5: Upgrading Nuance Management Center
- Chapter 6: Preparing for your Active Directory single sign-on configuration
- Chapter 7: Installing the Local Authenticator
- Chapter 8: Preparing for your Central Authentication single sign-on configuration
- Appendix A: Database backups and data retention
Chapter 1: Introduction
Physical architecture
Nuance Management Center is a standard Microsoft ASP .NET MVC web application that is hosted by
Internet Information Services (IIS). The Nuance Management Center components include the following:
l Nuance Management Center (NMC) server—Stores application data, such as organizations,
sites, groups, and users. It also stores transient data, such as log files.
l Nuance Management Center (NMC) console—Allows NMC administrators to create and manage
objects, like groups and users, assign licenses, run reports, and more. The NMC console does not
have permanent data storage. However, it does use a file share for temporary data storage to support
file uploads and downloads.
l Database instance—Stores license information, partial speech profiles, application usage
information, and audit data.
l Dragon clients—Users log in to their client computers where Dragon is installed and connect to
your NMC server to access shared words and commands.
Initially, you install the NMC server, NMC console, and the database instance on the same server. However,
you can optionally move your database instance to a separate database server after the installation. Your
NMC server can be one of the following:
l A single physical machine (smaller installations)
l Multiple physical machines load-balanced by a network traffic switch (larger installations)
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