Installation Requirements

General

Hyena can be installed on any computer running any of the following operating systems or their variants, ie 'Small Business Edition', R2, etc:

Windows 2000

Windows 2003

Windows 2008

Windows 2012

Windows XP

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Windows 8

The computer that Hyena is installed on can be running either as a workstation or server.  There are two general configurations that Hyena is normally installed under:

• Hyena is installed on a workstation running Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Windows 7/8 and is used to manage one or more domains running a Windows 200x, usually in an Active Directory environment.

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• Hyena is installed on a Windows server or domain controller, and a remote access tool or software (Windows Remote Desktop, VNC, PcAnywhere, RAdmin, Citrix, VMware, etc.) is used to connect to the server and Hyena is run through the remote access session to manage the local server and/or one or more domains.

There are certainly other ways to run Hyena as well, but these are generally the most common configurations encountered.

Hyena relies heavily on the capabilities of the operating system environment that it is installed on to manage remote computers and domains.   Note that to enable Active Directory and/or Exchange administration, specific Microsoft components must be installed.  See the Active Directory and Exchange Installation requirements below.

Security and Permissions

Hyena depends entirely upon the operating system for security and authentication, and does not alter or modify the security capabilities in Windows.   Any user that is using Hyena therefore does not have any greater or lesser degree of functionality than what could be performed outside of Hyena.   If a user running Hyena attempts to perform a function or operation for which they are not authorized to perform, Hyena will display an appropriate access denied error message.  Hyena can be used by:

• Directly executing Hyena.exe from the actively logged on user account.

• Use the 'Run As' command to run Hyena.exe from another account.

• Set the Alternate Credentials option on the shortcut for Hyena.exe.

• Use the 'Run As Administrator' option available on Windows Vista and Windows 7/8.

Active Directory Administration Requirements

Due to Hyena's extensive integration with Active Directory and to provide complete Active Directory compatibility and support, Hyena requires the installation of the Microsoft Administration Tools (AdminPak or RSAT) if any Windows 200x/2008/2012 domain is managed.  The AdminPak.MSI file can be found in one of the following locations:

• typically, in the \system32 directory on the server.

• in the \i386 or \Tools directory on the server installation CD.

• on Microsoft's web site, which can usually be searched for "adminpak.msi" to find the current location.  

• Later versions of Windows now use the term 'RSAT' instead of the adminpak. 

Note that there are different versions of the adminpak.msi file for Windows 2000 and Windows XP/2003/2008.  If your client computer (the computer that Hyena is being used on) is running Windows 2000, you need to install the Windows 2000 adminpak either from the CD or from the server.

Microsoft has also started to rename the adminpak set of utilities starting with Windows 7, now referring to the administrative tools as RSAT.  

Exchange Installation Requirements

To manage any version of Microsoft Exchange, the appropriate Microsoft Exchange Administration software must be installed.  The Exchange Administration software is found and installed from the Exchange Server CD.  After installation, see the Exchange Setup section for more information for your specific Exchange configuration.

Note: The Enterprise Edition of Hyena is required for Exchange administration.