# IQService Settings

IQService, also referred to as the Integration Service, is a native Windows service that enables SailPoint to participate in a Windows environment and access information only available through Windows APIs.

**Operations supported through IQService**: [Before and After Scripts for IQService](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/microsoft/entra_id/va/help/iqservice/before_after_scripts.html>)

## IQService Installation

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> **Screenshot**
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> [![alt text](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/microsoft/entra_id/va/help/img/az_ad_iq1.png>)](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/microsoft/entra_id/va/help/img/az_ad_iq1.png>)

### Download IQService

To download the IQService installation complete the following:

1. Select the **Download IQService** button.

   > **Note**

   IQService has the built-in capability to auto update (this is the default). To enable the auto update capability, UpdateService must be configured alongside the IQService installation. Refer to [Configuring IQService Auto Update](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/iqservice/help/updating_iqservice.html>).

   Download, install, and configure IQService by following the steps mentioned in the [Identity Security Cloud IQService Administrator's Guide](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/iqservice/help/index.html>) for [Installing and Registering IQService.](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/iqservice/help/install_register.html>)

   > **Note**

   You are only entitled to download components for which you have an active license with SailPoint and the availability of a component for download does not grant you a license to use a component or entitle you to use a component for which you do not have an active license. Contact your Account Representative or CSM for more information.

## IQService Settings

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> **Screenshot**
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> [![alt text](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/microsoft/entra_id/va/help/img/az_ad_iq2.png>)](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/microsoft/entra_id/va/help/img/az_ad_iq2.png>)

1. Provide the following connection settings for IQService:

   > **Note**
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   > To enable native before/after script execution for provisioning requests, configure the IQService Host and IQService Port fields.

   - **IQService Host** - FQDN/IP of the system where IQService is installed.
   - **IQService Port** - It is the port number used by the IQService; the default port is 5050.
   - **IQService User** - The user for client authentication.
   - **IQService Password** - The password of the user for client authentication.
2. Select the **Enable Transport Layer Security (TLS)** checkbox for TLS communication for IQService.

   For more information on TLS communication, refer to [Configuring TLS and Client Authentication for IQService](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/microsoft/entra_id/va/help/iqservice/configuring_tls_and_client_authentication_for_iqservice.html>).
3. Select **Save**.