Installing and Activating SOTI Snap Link

Before you begin

  1. Check the system requirements. See System Requirements
  2. Create a SOTI Snap Link connection. See Creating a SOTI Snap Link Connection.
    1. Retrieve the SOTI Snap Link connection's username and password.

About this task

To install and activate SOTI Snap Link on your computer, do the following:

Procedure

  1. If you have already downloaded the installer and saved the respective enrollment ID, skip this step.
    1. From SOTI Snap's left side navigation pane, select the Settings > SOTI Snap Link tab.
    2. Beside the connection, select and select Edit.
    3. Beside Enrollment ID, select to save the enrollment ID for later.
    4. Select Download.
    Restriction: You can't mix and match the enrollment IDs from one SOTI Snap account with a SOTI Snap Link installer from another SOTI Snap account. They must be from the same account.
  2. Extract the files in the SOTI Snap Link.zip folder.
  3. In the SOTI Snap Link folder, run SnapLink.Installer.bat as an administrator.
    If you get a Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warning, select More info, then Run anyway to proceed.
  4. Follow the instructions of the SOTI Snap Link installation wizard.
    SOTI Snap Link is now installed on your computer.
Activate SOTI Snap Link
  1. Open the SOTI Snap Link console. By default, the installer adds a Desktop shortcut for SOTI Snap Link, but if you opted out, you can open it from the installation folder.
    The default is C:/Program Files (x86)/SOTI/SOTI Snap Link.
  2. Enter the copied enrollment ID (from earlier) of the SOTI Snap app whose data you want to capture and select Next.
    Snap Link Enrollment ID
  3. Read the license agreement and then select I accept the terms in the License Agreement and select Next.
    Snap Link License Agreement
  4. Enter the Username and Password you retrieved earlier.
    Snap Link License Agreement
  5. Select Login.

Results

SOTI Snap Link is now active. Published Apps with a SOTI Snap Link data export connection using this SOTI Snap Link account appear automatically in the Configurations view.

What to do next

Set up a connection. Connections are external locations such as SQL and email servers where you can direct the data exported from your apps. See Connections.