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=Installation Considerations – Physical / Virtual Server=

*Supportworks can be installed on virtual or physical servers
*The Virtualization technology used is up to you

=Supported Operating Systems=

===Supportworks Server===
 Microsoft Windows 2016 Server (64-bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2012 Server (64-bit) R2
 Microsoft Windows 2012 Server (64-bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008 Server (64-bit) R2
 Microsoft Windows 2008 Server (32-bit and 64-bit)

===Supportworks Client===
 Microsoft Windows 10
 Microsoft Windows 8
 Microsoft Windows 7

=Separate Volume / Drive Installation=

If your Supportworks Application is to be installed on a drive other than the C: drive

Enable 8dot3name creation for the required drives prior to installation by running the following from the command prompt. To enable this on all drives on the server (recommended)
 
 fsutil 8dot3name set 0

You can also enable the 8dot3name for a specific drive . For example, if Supportworks is to be installed on the D drive, run the following

 fsutil 8dot3name set d:0

=Firewall Configuration=

Your firewall must be configured to allow connections to the server on the following TCP ports:

 5001 & 5006
 80 and 443
 25 (When using inbound SMTP)

=Supported Web Browsers=

*Internet Explorer 8.0 and above
*Firefox 6.0 and above
*Chrome 26.0 and above


=Sizing Your Server – Minimum Memory and CPU Requirements=

You will require a server with a minimum specification of

 4GB RAM
 1 Quad Core CPU
 The same amount of disk space on your existing Supportworks plus additional 2GB for the installation files

If a physical server is provided, we strongly recommend RAID 5 SCSI for resilience and performance

=Databases=

===Maria DB===

MariaDB is shipped as part of the Core Services that come with Supportworks ESP and is used as an embedded database.
We pre-configure Supportworks ESP to use this embedded database for the application data

===Microsoft SQL===

*SQL Server 2017 
*SQL Server 2016
*SQL Server 2014
*SQL Server 2012
*SQL Server 2008 R2

=Other Requirements=

'''Account for installation''' - 
This should have full local administrative rights on the new server

'''System ID of new server''' -
This can be obtained by running the utility available at
https://public.hornbill.com/utils/SwSystemID.exe on the new server

'''Test email credentials''' -
Ensure access is verified via Telnet for SMTP, POP3 and IMAP protocols

'''Windows updates''' -
Ensure all windows updates are installed on the new server