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 # term-notify-server
 
+## Prerequisites
+1. A windows developer account
+2. latest version of node.js
+3. mongodb ( if you want to use MySQL. Just modify the code. the schema is rather simple )
+
 ## Setup
-- Modify the notify-term/config/*.example.js first
+1. Follow [this](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/hh868206.aspx) instruction to create an app first
+2. Get the client secret and Package SID from the instruction above
+3. Put them into notify-term/config/auth.js
+4. Setup the database
+5. Run the server