• Before you upgrade from a previous version of MobileTech, make sure that all mobile devices have been synchronized to the host system. If you've made changes to views or stored procedures in previous versions of MobileTech, those changes will be overwritten during the upgrade.
• If you are upgrading from 
  • MobileTech 7: You will need to uninstall MobileTech including MobileTech Admin, MobileTech Integration Sync, MobileTech Synch Server, and MobileTech Client from your Windows server/computers. Additionally, The steps for importing a new Resco Woodford project file have changed from previous releases. Be sure to read Important information for upgrade customers who already use Woodford in the Signature MobileTech Installation and Administrative Guide before you import the new project file. 

  • MobileTech 7.5: You will not need to uninstall previous versions. The steps for importing a new Resco Woodford file have not changed.

• You'll be prompted to install database objects the first time you log into MobileTech Administration after upgrading. You must do this for each company. If you're not prompted to install database objects, go to Tools > Create MobileTech Objects and choose Process. For more information, see Log into MobileTech Administration in the Signature MobileTech 8.0 Installation and Administrative Guide. For additional upgrade notes, see Upgrading MobileTech in the Signature MobileTech Installation and Administrative Guide. Installing database objects during an upgrade does not remove any data from the middle tier.

• Re-enable any options that were enabled in Woodford. If you are using Mobile Auditing (UseMobileAuditBackgroundSync=True), please be sure to re-enable the Woodford Auditing settings after importing a new Woodford projects.
  

Installing MobileTech for the first time

You can install and set up MobileTech as described in the Signature MobileTech Installation and Administrative Guide. 

If you will be using the Mapping feature on a Windows computer, you will need to obtain a Google Maps API key at https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing/. (Select Dynamic Maps and then select Maps JavaScript API.)