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alias: installation-guide-planning-and-installation-guides-index
description: "Find detailed guidance on system planning and preparation for Critical Manufacturing MES deployment"
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# Planning Guides

In this section you have step-by-step instructions on how to plan and prepare systems for deploying Critical Manufacturing MES. Refer to the [Preparation](../preparation.md) article for an overview and checklist of the installation process requirements.

* [Infrastructure](hardwareconfigurations.md)
* [AWS - Amazon Web Services](aws/index.md)
* [Database Servers](database-servers/index.md)
* [Additional Components](additional-components/index.md)
* [Application Servers](planningapplicationservers.md)
* [Application Clients](planningapplicationclients.md)
* [File Shares](fileshares.md)
* [Accounts and Security](accountsandsecurity.md)
* [Email](email.md)