# IQService Settings

IQService, also referred to as the Integration Service, is a native Windows service that enables SailPoint to operate 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/windows_local/va/help/iqservice/before_after_scripts.html>)

## IQService Installation

[![IQService Installation](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/windows_local/va/help/img/winlocal_iq1.png>)](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/windows_local/va/help/img/winlocal_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 listed 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

[![IQService Settings](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/windows_local/va/help/img/winlocal_iq2.png>)](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/windows_local/va/help/img/winlocal_iq2.png>)

1. In the **IQService Host** field, enter the IP address of the system where IQService is installed.
2. Enter the **IQService Port** used by IQService. The default port is 5050.

   If you enable TLS, configure the corresponding IQService TLS port.
3. (Optional) Enter the **IQService User** for client authentication.
4. (Optional) Enter the **Password** of the user for client authentication.
5. (Optional) Select **Enable Transport Layer Security (TLS)** to use TLS communication for IQService. For more information on TLS communication, refer to [Configuring TLS and Client Authentication for IQService](<https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/windows_local/va/help/iqservice/configuring_tls_and_client_authentication_for_iqservice.html>).
6. Select **Save**.