Q. How long does it take to install and configure VIS? VIS installs in minutes, using a standard MSI/setup.exe. After installing the binary files, a wizard guides you through the configuration of the product. While the Virtual Identity Server has the most comprehensive features of any virtual directory product on the market, a key differentiator is how easy the product is to install and configure. Q. Can VIS be load balanced? Yes. VIS can be placed behind a load balancer (either software or hardware), allowing for a failover and load balancing configuration for the applications that connect to VIS. In addition, the connections that VIS makes to connected directories can be load balanced as well. Q. What TCP/IP port does VIS run/listen on? VIS can be configured to run on any port you choose provided another appliation is not using that port. You can choose the standard LDAP port of 389 or 636 (SSL). Q. How does VIS store configuration information? The product configuration is stored in one XML file, making the product extremely easy to configure and migrate. Q. Can this XML file be shared across multiple VIS servers? Yes. Multple VIS server instances can all share the same XML file. Q. Is there a GUI to maintain the XML file? Yes. There is a Windows GUI that provides an easy interface to edit the XML file. You can also edit the XML file manually if you prefer. Q. Does your product store any un-encrypted user id information or passwords? Indvidual entries, such as bind accounts and passwords or even the entire XML file can be optionally encrypted using the GUI. Q. What encryption algorithms does your product support? VIS can encrypt this information with any of the following algorithms Triple-DES (3DES),AES, RIJNDAEL and BLOWFISH Q. What additional software requirements does VIS have? VIS was written in Micosoft's .NET programming language and requires the .NET 2.0 Framework or later. Q. The Microsoft .NET 3.x framework is out. Does VIS support 3.x? Yes. VIS is fully supported on a machine with the 3.x Framework installed. Q. Is VIS supported on Windows 2003? Yes. The Virtual Identity Server is certified on both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. Q. Is VIS supported on Windows 2008? Yes. The Virtual Identity Server is certified on both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. Q. Do you support WSS? SharePoint? MOSS? We support WSS 3.0 and greater Q. Does VIS support caching? Yes. There are multiple caching options with VIS. Caching can be configured on an object class by object class basis, with a time to live and cache size as well. Most organizations in most situations, however, do not need to use caching. Q. Is your product FIPS compliant? Yes. Our software is running in both non-secure and secure government networks. Q. What data stores can the Virtual Identity Server connect to? The Virtual Identity Server supports a number of data stores directly with out of the box adapters. Additionally, a customer or integrator can create adapters utilizing our built-in extensibility. Below are a list of available adapters .