Introduction

The scope of this document is to provide an overview and instructions for the installation and configuration of the prerequisites of Alfred Desktop.

Alfred Desktop consists of a client component and a backend component. The client is a “fat client” software component which provides the user with a user-friendly user interface for Alfresco, with the look and feel of Microsoft’s File Explorer. The client is a .NET application installed on a Microsoft Windows workstation.

The backend consists of 4 AMP[^1] modules, that enable the client to talk to the Alfresco repository. The backend modules are installed on the Alfresco server.

Alfred Desktop requires the following AMPs to be installed:

  • Dynamic Extensions
  • Alfred API
  • Alfred Desktop Add-On
  • Optional: Finder Workflow (in case Workflows are used)
  • Optional: Alfred Desktop Legacy (for backwards compatibility)

Alfred Desktop needs to be configured (at the server side), so the client can serve the user with specific content model and behavior.
To do this, Alfred Desktop requires a business content-model deployed and enabled in the Alfresco repository.
For more information on config.js configuration, please refer to Alfred Desktop Administration Guide, section Basic Configuration.
For more information on content-model configuration, please refer to the Alfresco documentation.