Internet Explorer Component Deployment

Microsoft Professional Advisory Services is a support option that provides short-term, proactive, consultative support beyond break-fix product maintenance needs. This includes working with the same technician for assistance with issues like product migration, code review, or new program development and is a remote, phone-based support option. This service is typically used for shorter engagements, and is designed for developers and IT professionals who do not require the traditional onsite consulting or sustained account management services that are available from other Microsoft support options.

For additional information on Microsoft Advisory Services, including on how to engage, refer to this Microsoft web page:

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/AdvisoryService

This Advisory Services scenario is designed to assist customers who need guidance in preparing their ActiveX or .NET components for distribution via Internet Explorer.

Microsoft can provide assistance in preparing your client-side ActiveX or .NET components for hosting on a website. This includes assistance in packaging your component, reviewing and writing INF files, signing your component, marking your component as safe for scripting and initialization, and configuring permission for your (.NET) component.

Each Advisory Services engagement will begin with some questions designed to scope the project and determine your exact needs. For this scenario, the scoping questions include:

Statement of Work for this Scenario

Client Side component deployment for Internet Explorer

Included with Scope

• Providing general guidance on how Internet Explorer code download works
• Providing guidance on how to prepare a client-side COM (i.e. activeX control) or .NET component (i.e. Winform controls) for hosting on a website
• Assisting in packaging component for code download
• Assisting in reviewing and writing INF files for code download
• Assisting in setting permission for .NET Winform controls
• Assisting in deploying .NET applications via No-touch Deployment

Out of Scope

• Open Software Description (OSD) and Channel Definition Format (CDF) are obsolete as of Windows Internet Explorer 7 and will not be supported via Advisory Services
• Assistance in writing the component is out of scope
• We will not package or sign the component for the customer, neither will we write the entire INF file, we will provide guidance on how to do so.

Scoping Questions

• Do you have questions about how Internet Explorer code download works? If yes, advisory
• Do you need help in preparing you client-side COM or .NET component for hosting on a website? If yes, continue
  • Do you need assistance in packaging your component?
  • Do you need assistance in reviewing and writing INF files
  • Do you need assistance in signing your component?
  • Do you need assistance in marking your component as safe for scripting and safe for initialization?
  • Do you need help in configuring permission for your .NET component?
  • Do you need help in deploying your .NET application via the web?
    
    If any of them are yes, then it is advisory