Evaluating Alfresco

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The Alfresco Evaluation Guide is intended to be a practical resource for individuals who want to install, configure and try out Alfresco on their own computer (within their place of business).

Contents 1 About the Guide 2 Setting things up 3 The Basics 4 Additional Information

[edit] About the Guide

This guide includes detailed, step-by-step instructions along with complete, working examples of real-life, content management scenarios. Some scenarios might be quite simple in nature whereas others might be fairly complex. In the end, the idea is that all scenarios should be very simple to set up and understand.

[edit] Setting things up

• Acquiring an Enterprise Trial Release
  Instructions on how to request a 30-day trial license of Alfresco's Enterprise class product
• Installing Alfresco onto your computer
  A simple guide that walks through a basic installation of Alfresco onto your computer.
• Adding in Web Content Management
  A trail that guides you through how to set up the Alfresco WCM module for Alfresco.
• Adding in Records Management
  A trail that walks through how to plug in the Records Management module for Alfresco.
• Starting Alfresco for the first time
  A simple guide that walks through a basic installation of Alfresco onto your computer.

[edit] The Basics

[edit] Additional Information

• What if I need more time?
  Information on who to contact at Alfresco in order to request an extension to your trial period.
• Installing a new license
  Step by Step instructions on how to install a brand new or updated license into your Alfresco product
• Who can I contact for assistance?
  Who to contact on the Alfresco sales team for your technical and business-related questions during the evaluation period.