The server setup prepares the database on the database server and also puts all required resources on the server that will be needed later on to install and connect the clients.

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* Run the `ServerSetup.exe` for starting the installation.
* In most cases you don't need to change any of the available options.
* Click the button `Install` and the installation starts.

During the installation process the database on the server will be upgraded to the newest version. Depending on the amount of data that may already exist in the database, the installation process can take several minutes.

*[PO]: Purchase Order  
*[AZA]: local folder
*[(PO]: Purchase Order  
*[RQ]: Requisition  
*[(RQ]: Requisition  
*[RfQ]: Request for Quotation  
*[(RfQ]: Request for Quotation  
*[SO]: Service Order  
*[(SO]: Service Order  
*[SQ]: Service Requisition  
*[(SQ]: Service Requisition  
*[SRfQ]: Service Request for Quotation  
*[OoB]: Open on Board  
*[(OoB]: Open on Board 
*[ART]: Average Running Time (operation hours per day) 
*[MC]: Master Contract
*[ADS]: Advantage Database Server (database engine used in previous versions of the ZeeBORN software)
*[.replic]: file extension for replication files (aka data transfer files)