These are some tips that have helped us debug issues with InDesign files failing to process with InDesign Server (IDS). Use the -LogToApplicationEventLog switch When starting up InDesign Server from the command line or from the MMC snap-in you can tell it to log events to the Windows Application Event log using the …

Updating InDesign Server (IDS) is relatively straight forward although there are a couple of things to be aware of. At the time of writing you install the new version on top of the old one. Make sure your system meets the minimum requirements for the new version of IDS. Then create a "Package" in the Adobe …

This post assumes you have InDesign Server running as described here perhaps. A lot of useful information is in a PDF document called "Intro to InDesign Server 2020.pdf" which is in the InDesign Server installation folder (for me C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe InDesign Server 2020/Documentation/English). WSDL …

I found the installation of InDesign Server in Azure not as straight forward as I expected so documented it here for future reference. I went in thinking I might be able to write some bicep or an ARM template to define the VM, and that's still the plan, but this is a pointy-clicky reference. InDesign Server Trial …