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System Requirements - EPiServer CMS 6.0

SERVER REQUIREMENTS

Operating system

Any of the following is required:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 32/64 bit
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 32/64 bit
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Web server

Any of the following must be installed as part of the Windows Server installation:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5

Database

Any of the following is required:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 32/64 bit
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP1 32/64 bit
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 32/64 bit
  • Oracle 9i 32 bit (Windows server) *
  • Oracle 10g R2 32/64 bit (Windows server) *
  • Oracle 11g 32/64 bit (Windows server) *

* Oracle Data Provider for .NET only exists in 32-bit, which means that EPiServer CMS can be only installed on a 32-bit server. Read more in the Oracle Configuration tech note.

Other requirements

Any of the following is required:

CLIENT REQUIREMENTS FOR EDITING

Operating system

Any of the following is required:

  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Windows 7
  • Mac OSX 10.5 or later

Browser for editing

Any of the following is required:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0
  • Firefox 3.5, 3.6 *

* Microsoft Internet Explorer (32 bit version) is required to use the drag and drop file upload and edit on page functionality and also to publish from Microsoft Office to EPiServer CMS.

Microsoft Office Integration

Any of the following is required.

  • Microsoft Office 2007
  • Microsoft Office 2010 - 32 bit only

CLIENT REQUIREMENTS FOR BROWSING

Browser for viewing

All major browsers are supported, including:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Netscape
  • Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Netscape

NOTE Browsers supported for viewing are entirely dependent on the construction of the EPiServer CMS templates.

Live Monitor

Requires Silverlight 3 or 4.

DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ENVIRONMENT

Operating system

Any of the following is required:

  • Microsoft Windows XP SP3 32 bit
  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 32/64 bit
  • Microsoft Windows 7 32/64 bit
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 32/64 bit
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 32/64 bit
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Development tool
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1
  • Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition SP1

Database

Any of the following is required:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 Express
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP1
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP1 Express
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
  • Oracle 9i R2 32 bit *
  • Oracle 10g R2 32/64 bit *
  • Oracle 11g 32/64 bit *
  • Oracle 10g R2 Express Edition *

* The EPiServer Visual Studio integration SDK installation requires Microsoft SQL Server Express.