diff --git a/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/Auth.cs b/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/Auth.cs
index 6529d47..33d1013 100644
--- a/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/Auth.cs
+++ b/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/Auth.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,15 @@ namespace AyaNova.PlugIn.V8
                 var scheme = u.Scheme;
                 var host = u.Host;
                 var port = u.Port;
+                
                 edServerUrl.Text = scheme + "://" + host + ":" + port + "/" + util.API_BASE_ROUTE;
+
+                //client url for notification default links, help links etc
+                if ((scheme == "https" && port == 443) || (scheme == "http" && port == 80))
+                    util.GuessClientUrl = scheme + "://" + host + "/";
+                else
+                    util.GuessClientUrl = scheme + "://" + host + ":" + port + "/";
+
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
diff --git a/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/V8.cs b/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/V8.cs
index c1737c6..5669fe5 100644
--- a/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/V8.cs
+++ b/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/V8.cs
@@ -1729,31 +1729,73 @@ namespace AyaNova.PlugIn.V8
         {
             if (!progress.KeepGoing) return;
             progress.Op("Start Global settings export");
-            progress.SubOp("Global 'Biz' settings");
+
 
             //GlobalBizSettings
-            var a = await util.GetAsync("global-biz-setting");
-            dynamic d = a.ObjectResponse["data"];
-            d.allowScheduleConflicts = true;//was not exposed in v7 so setting to same functionality people are used to for v8
-            d.searchCaseSensitiveOnly = false;//v8 default, not a v7 setting
-            d.taxPartPurchaseId = await Getv7v8IdMapNullOk(AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.TaxPartPurchaseID, RootObjectTypes.TaxCode, false, true);//ok if doesn't migrate
-            d.taxPartSaleId = await Getv7v8IdMapNullOk(AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.TaxPartSaleID, RootObjectTypes.TaxCode, false, true);//ok if doesn't migrate
-            d.taxRateSaleId = await Getv7v8IdMapNullOk(AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.TaxRateSaleID, RootObjectTypes.TaxCode, false, true);//ok if doesn't migrate
-            d.workLaborScheduleDefaultMinutes = AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.LaborSchedUserDfltTimeSpan;
-            d.workOrderTravelDefaultMinutes = AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.TravelDfltTimeSpan;
-            d.workOrderCompleteByAge = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.WorkorderCloseByAge);
-            d.customerAllowCSR = false;
-            d.customerAllowViewWO = false;
-            d.customerAllowWOWiki = false;
-            d.customerAllowUserSettings = false;
-            d.customerAllowNotifyServiceImminent = false;
-            d.customerAllowNotifyCSRAccepted = false;
-            d.customerAllowNotifyCSRRejected = false;
-            d.customerAllowNotifyWOCreated = false;
-            d.customerAllowNotifyWOCompleted = false;
-            await util.PutAsync("global-biz-setting", d);
-
+            {
+                progress.Append("Exporting Global business settings");
+                var a = await util.GetAsync("global-biz-setting");
+                dynamic d = a.ObjectResponse["data"];
+                d.allowScheduleConflicts = true;//was not exposed in v7 so setting to same functionality people are used to for v8
+                d.searchCaseSensitiveOnly = false;//v8 default, not a v7 setting
+                d.taxPartPurchaseId = await Getv7v8IdMapNullOk(AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.TaxPartPurchaseID, RootObjectTypes.TaxCode, false, true);//ok if doesn't migrate
+                d.taxPartSaleId = await Getv7v8IdMapNullOk(AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.TaxPartSaleID, RootObjectTypes.TaxCode, false, true);//ok if doesn't migrate
+                d.taxRateSaleId = await Getv7v8IdMapNullOk(AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.TaxRateSaleID, RootObjectTypes.TaxCode, false, true);//ok if doesn't migrate
+                d.workLaborScheduleDefaultMinutes = AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.LaborSchedUserDfltTimeSpan;
+                d.workOrderTravelDefaultMinutes = AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.TravelDfltTimeSpan;
+                d.workOrderCompleteByAge = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.WorkorderCloseByAge);
+                d.customerAllowCSR = false;
+                d.customerAllowViewWO = false;
+                d.customerAllowWOWiki = false;
+                d.customerAllowUserSettings = false;
+                d.customerAllowNotifyServiceImminent = false;
+                d.customerAllowNotifyCSRAccepted = false;
+                d.customerAllowNotifyCSRRejected = false;
+                d.customerAllowNotifyWOCreated = false;
+                d.customerAllowNotifyWOCompleted = false;
+                await util.PutAsync("global-biz-setting", d);
+                progress.Append("ACTION REQUIRED: Confirm 'Administration -> Global settings'");
+            }
             //GlobalOpsBackupSettingsController
+            {
+                progress.Append("Setting default backup settings");
+                var a = await util.GetAsync("global-ops-backup-setting");
+                DateTime utcNow = DateTime.UtcNow;
+                dynamic d = a.ObjectResponse["data"];
+                d.backupTime = new DateTime(utcNow.Year, utcNow.Month, utcNow.Day, 23, 50, 0, DateTimeKind.Local).ToUniversalTime();
+                d.backupSetsToKeep = 3;
+                d.active = false;
+                await util.PutAsync("global-ops-backup-setting", d);
+                progress.Append("ACTION REQUIRED: Confirm 'Server operations -> Backup' settings and set to Active");
+            }
+
+            //GlobalOpsNotificationSettingsController
+            {
+                progress.Append("Exporting Global SMTP Notification settings");
+                var a = await util.GetAsync("global-ops-notification-setting");
+                dynamic d = a.ObjectResponse["data"];
+
+                d.smtpDeliveryActive = false;//start inactive
+                if (AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.NotifySMTPHost.Contains(":"))
+                {
+                    //per v7 rules the port number is specified on the host if necessary
+                    d.smtpServerAddress = AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.NotifySMTPHost.Split(':')[0];
+                    d.smtpServerPort = AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.NotifySMTPPort;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    d.smtpServerAddress = AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.NotifySMTPHost;
+                    d.smtpServerPort = 587;//default IETF port 2021
+                }
+
+                d.smtpAccount = AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.NotifySMTPAccount;
+                d.notifyFromAddress = AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.NotifySMTPFrom;
+                d.ayanovaServerURL = util.GuessClientUrl.TrimEnd('/');
+                d.connectionSecurity = 3;//default is SSLTLS, 1 would be StartTls but we're assuming a modern mail server here
+                await util.PutAsync("global-ops-notification-setting", d);
+                if (AyaBizUtils.GlobalSettings.UseNotification)
+                    progress.Append("ACTION REQUIRED: Confirm 'Server Operations -> Notification settings' and set SMTP notification to Active");
+            }
 
 
         }
diff --git a/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/util.cs b/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/util.cs
index e1512ec..a87fa0d 100644
--- a/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/util.cs
+++ b/source/Plugins/AyaNova.Plugin.V8/util.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.PlugIn.V8
         public static HttpClient client = null;
         //url once known to be good
         internal static string ApiBaseUrl { get; set; }
+        //auth processes url for api and this is the best guess as to the client url to use for notification / help links etc
+        internal static string GuessClientUrl { get; set; }
+
         internal static string JWT { get; set; }
 
         public static Guid WBIIntegrationID { get { return new Guid("{6946040C-1B50-4eab-BE08-A0E93DB7449F}"); } }