Is WebCenterConfigure component mandatory?

Question

Hi All,
We are setting up environments for our project. I would like to know if 'WebCenterConfigure' component is mandatory. This is for a custom portal application and our requirements are as follows:
1. We are not using WebCenter Spaces. (I know in case we need to use WebCenter Spaces this is mandatory as it enalble accounts and does the basic configuration)
2. We will not use Accounts. Security will be managed using security groups alone.
3. We will use WCM through Custom Content Presenter templates.
4. Use RIDC to invoke custom services in UCM.
I would like to know if its really mandatory to enable this component.
Thanks,
Manjunath

Answer 1

For your requirements it is not required to install the component.
I have done this for a custom portal. I didn't install the webcenter component for UCM and everything was working just fine. Only when spaces was required i enabled the component.
So you don't need to install it from the beginning and if you want to use spaces, there is no problem in enabling it later on.