After you upgrade the Vault Server, you must upgrade your Vault Clients.
Vault 2013 and Forward Compatibility
Vault 2013 introduced the ability for the ADMS server to support the previous release client integrations. This provides Enterprise and SMB operators who need to stagger the client and server side roll out the flexibility to do so. The company's ADMS server can now be migrated to 2013 and commissioned without any need to upgrade or otherwise patch the numerous client machines connecting to the current 2012 server.
Upgrade Vault Clients
The Autodesk Vault clients are available with the product installation media as well as on the Autodesk Vault media.
The Autodesk Vault add-in for Microsoft® Office is shipped with your software. It can be used with one or more of the following Microsoft products when installed and registered on your machine.
- Word® 2003/2007/2010
- Excel® 2003/2007/2010
- PowerPoint® 2003/2007/2010
To install the Autodesk Vault clients, you must have either Microsoft Windows administrator or power user privileges.
Install the Clients for an Autodesk Design Application
Insert the installation media for the Autodesk design application and follow the instructions for the installation wizard.
Install the Clients for a non-Autodesk Design Application
Insert the installation media for the application and follow the instructions to install the software.
Install clients from the Autodesk Vault Media
- Insert the Autodesk Vault media.
- Double-click setup.exe.
- Follow the instructions in the installation wizard.
Add-in Integration
If a design application is on the computer before the clients are installed, the corresponding add-in clients automatically integrate with the design applications. However, if an application is installed after the Vault client, action is required. Go to the Control Panel and modify the Vault client installation to add the missing add-in.