When we are doing a new deployment of any Internet gateway, this application gateway is the delicated passage for all computers to connect to the Internet.  As we are also implementing secure channel for the Internet, we are to consider setting this up with HTTPS protocol and installation of security certificate for the authority and authentication to access the Client’s webservice over the Internet.

Firewall setup to be done at both sites to allow access to the web service.  The connection has to be public addresses or Internet, using HTTPS protocol.

Next thing, prior to the deployment is to understand when the cutoff to stop sending any sales orders using the existing XML interface.  We need to clear the sales orders or to stop any order merges before starting to use the webservices.  This will determine when we are going to start our setups and cutover timing.