The Installation and Deployment section of the QSM Resource Library web page provides System Requirements, step by step installation instructions, and other useful information about SLIM-Suite.

Information on the latest version of SLIM-Suite (along with download links, release notes, and installation instructions) can be found on the Installation and Upgrades page of the QSM website.  To see whether you're running the latest version, select Help | Check for updates from the menu of any SLIM-Suite application.

No.  When the server copy of SLIM-Suite is updated, all users are automatically upgraded to the same version of SLIM-Suite.  No further action is needed on your part.

You can find the username and password in the following places:

There are two possibilities here:

To open the workbook, first make sure you are running the latest version of SLIM-Suite.

Yes. Because SLIM-Suite 8.1 and 8.2 each have their own license codes, install to separate application folders, and maintain their own registry entries and support files, they can be installed and run on the same machine.

No. Because SLIM-Suite workbooks are database files, workbooks created in newer versions often contain fileds and data that did not exist in earlier versions of the tools. For this reason, SLIM-Suite workbooks cannot "revert back" to older file formats.

Yes. SLIM-Suite workbook files are forward, but not backward, compatible. This means that earlier version workbooks can be opened and upgraded using the latest version of SLIM-Suite. Once a workbook has been upgraded, it can no longer be used with earlier versions of SLIM-Suite.