AyaNova can be configured many different ways

Single user on a single computer

This is the default configuration when you first install AyaNova service management software. The database can not be shared in this configuration.

This is the configuration for AyaNova Lite, and can also be used with the full AyaNova service management software too.

This is the simplest configuration and does not require any other software or special configuration changes to use right away.

In this configuration AyaNova uses a special Firebird database server called an “embedded” server that is included with the AyaNova program files. The embedded server is limited to one user at a time and the database file must be on a local drive. Step by step default stand-alone steps are also outlined in the AyaNova Online Help.

The embedded database file used in this configuration is exactly compatible with the full Firebird database server so it’s easy to scale up from a single user to a shared network configuration.

 

Multiple computers on LAN all accessing the same database

This configuration allows multiple users to access the same AyaNova database simultaneously.

A database server is required for this configuration - either the free network Firebird Server, free SQL Express or licensed SQL Server.

NOTE - A dedicated database server as shown in the image above is not necessarily required; a workstation could also be running the database server software for smaller networks with few users as AyaNova has been carefully designed to be hardware scaleable. What this means is there is virtually no practical limit to the number of users running AyaNova, the only limiting factor is the speed and capacity of the hardware.

For networking AyaNova service management software, please refer to the AyaNova Online Help

 

Head office with branch offices

In this configuration, AyaNova is networked, plus the "Data Portal" web application is set up so that remote users in branch offices can connect to the AyaNova database via the “Data Portal” while running the full AyaNova program.

The purpose of the Data Portal is: security as it can be placed outside a network’s firewall so that the corporate database server is not exposed to the internet; and performance as the data portal connection has been specificially designed with slower connection speeds in mind.

The AyaNova data portal is simply a web application that runs on your Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) that hosts a portion of the AyaNova program that would normally run on your workstation. This allows a remote user to use the same AyaNova executable program on their remote computer as that used by local users inside the corporate network, continuing to share the same database. We do not mean a web browser; we mean the full AyaNova windows program itself.

In the image above, the Data Portal is set up on a separate computer from the database, but you can have both the database and Data Portal on the same computer. You can also have WBI and MBI web application also set up on the same server.

For Data Portal setup and configuration, refer to the AyaNova Online Help

 

Web browser access for remote users

In this configuration, AyaNova is networked, plus the WBI (web browser interface) web application is set up so that remote users can access the same live data using just a web browser and internet access.

WBI is simply a web application that runs on your Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) to host the web pages that the remote user accesses to connect to the live networked AyaNova database.

In the image above, WBI is set up on a separate computer from the database, but you can have both the database and WBI on the same computer. You can also have the Data Portal and MBI web application also set up on the same server.

For more information on WBI, check out the WBI web page. Refer to the WBI Online Help for setup and use.

 

Hand held cell browser access for remote users

In this configuration, AyaNova is networked, plus the MBI (mobile browser interface) web application is set up so that remote users can access the same live data using just small screen device and internet access.

MBI is simply a web application that runs on your Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) to host the web pages that the cell / hand held / Blackberry remote user accesses to connect to the live networked AyaNova database.

In the image above, MBI is set up on a separate computer from the database, but you can have both the database and MBI on the same computer. You can also have the Data Portal and WBI web application also set up on the same server.

For more information on MBI, check out the MBI web page. Refer to the AyaNova Online Help for setup and use.

 

Hosted

Although AyaNova service management software is very straight-forward for you to set it up for network and remote access within your own internal local area network, you could instead have your AyaNova licensed database hosted for you.

In a hosted configuration, your hosting company such as HaveAByte.com will setup your AyaNova database on their server and provide you with remote access through a Data Portal connection, via WBI, via MBI etc.

Hosting companies refer to the Hosting Online Help documentation for setup.