Installing the Oracle Calendar Desktop Client for Windows

Before you begin

The Oracle Calendar desktop client for Windows requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or higher. (Please see our notes on dCal software and Windows Vista.) If you need to access dCal from a computer running Microsoft Windows 98 or ME, use the Oracle Calendar Web client.

Download and install the client

The Oracle Calendar desktop clients for use with dCal are available from the dCal software downloads page.

  1. Download and start the installer for Microsoft Windows.
  2. In the Oracle Calendar 10.1.2 - InstallShield Wizard window, click Next.
  3. In the next window, which prompts for a Destination Folder, click Next.
  4. In the next window, indicating Ready to Install the Program, click Install.
  5. In the next window, indicating InstallShield Wizard Completed, click Finish.

Next steps

Now that you have the Oracle Calendar desktop client for Windows installed, configure the client to connect to the dCal server. Server-based authentication provides a reasonable level of security and requires no additional software; Kerberos authentication provides a higher level of security and provides a persistent login lasting at least 10 hours. Also, other Kerberos-aware applications (SAP's "Authentic Login", Mulberry, etc.) will use the same Kerberos ticket as dCal. Select the desired method below.