Microsoft .NET: Jumpstart for Systems Administrators and Developers (Communications (Digital Press))

The Microsoft range of .NET products requires a minimum specification of hardware to run. This is a minimum and each specific installation will be different, so this is to be treated as a guide only. For up-to-date information about any latest service packs or hardware recommendations that may be required for a particular installation, visit the Microsoft Web site (www.microsoft.com).

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (Minimum Requirements)

• Computer/Processor

  133 MHz or higher Pentium-compatible CPU

• Memory

  256MB of RAM recommended minimum. (128MB minimum supported; 4GB maximum)

• Hard Disk

  2GB hard-disk with a minimum of 1.0GB free space. (Additional free hard-disk space is required if you are installing over a network.)

• CPU Support

  Windows 2000 Server supports up to four CPUs on one machine.

Microsoft Application Center 2000 (Minimum Requirements)

• Processor

  Pentium-compatible 400 MHz or higher processor

• Operating System

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system, Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 or later, and Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 must be installed as part of Windows 2000 installation.

• Memory

  256MB of RAM minimum recommended.

• Hard Disk

  100MB of available hard-disk space to install services; additional space required for site content and databases.

• Drive

  CD-ROM drive

• Display

  Windows 2000-compatible video graphics adapter with 800x600 minimum resolution.

• Mouse

  Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device.

• Other Devices

  One Network Interface Card (two recommended); if using Windows 2000 Network Load Balancing, two Network Integration Cards are required.

Cient Components (Minimum Requirements)

• Processor

  Pentium-compatible 266 MHz or higher processor

• Operating System

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system, with Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 or later.

• Memory

  128MB of RAM minimum recommended

• Hard Disk

  20MB of available hard-disk space

• Drive

  CD-ROM drive

• Display

  Windows 2000-compatible video graphics adapter with 800 x 600 minimum resolution.

• Mouse

  Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device.

• Other Devices

  Network adapter card

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 (Minimum Requirements)

• Processor

  Computer with a Pentium 300 MHz or higher processor

• Operating System

  For production use:

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later.

  For tools-only installations:

  Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Professional with SP2 or later, or Windows XP Professional or later.

• Memory

  256MB of RAM

• Hard Disk

  6GB of available hard-disk space

• Drive

  CD-ROM drive

• Display

  VGA or higher-resolution monitor, Super VGA (SVGA) recommended

• Mouse

  Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device.

• Other Devices

  Network adapter card

Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 (Minimum Requirements)

• Processor

  Computer with a Pentium-compatible 400 MHz or higher processor

• Operating System

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later and Security Release Package 1 (SRP1) or later

• Memory

  256MB of RAM

• Hard Disk

  100MB of available hard-disk space to install services. Additional space required for site content and databases.

  NTFS-formatted hard-disk volume

• Drive

  CD-ROM drive

• Display

  Windows 2000-compatible video graphics adapter with 800 x 600 minimum resolution

• Mouse

  Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device.

• Other Devices

  Network adapter card, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Analysis Services and SP2 or later

Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 (Minimum Requirements)

• Processor

  Intel Pentium or compatible 166 MHz or higher processor

• Operating System

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system

• Memory

  128MB of RAM, 256MB recommended

• Hard Disk

  500MB of free disk space on the hard-disk where you install Exchange 2000

• Drive

  CD-ROM drive

• Display

  VGA monitor

Microsoft Host Integration Server 2002 (Minimum Requirements)

• Processor

  Computer with a Pentium 90 MHz or higher processor

• Operating System

  Windows NT Server 4.0 with Service Pack 6a or later, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, or Windows 2000 Datacenter Server operating system

• Memory

  128MB of RAM

• Hard Disk

  120MB available hard-disk space

• Drive

  CD-ROM drive

• Display

  VGA or higher-resolution monitor

Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 Enterprise Edition

• 300 MHz or higher Pentium II-compatible CPU

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 1 or later, or Windows 2000 Datacenter Server operating system

• 256MB of RAM

• 20MB of available hard-disk space

  One local hard-disk partition formatted with the NTFS

• Microsoft Windows 2000 compatible network adapter for communicating with the internal network

  Additional Windows 2000 compatible network adapter, modem, or ISDN adapter for communicating with the Internet or an upstream server

  To implement the array and advanced policies configuration, you also need Windows Active Directory on your network.

Microsoft Operations Manager (Minimum Requirements)

• Processor

  550 MHz or higher Pentium-compatible processor

• Operating System

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, or Datacenter Server operating system with Service Pack 2 or later

• Memory

  512MB of RAM

• Hard Disk

  1GB of available hard-disk space

• CD-ROM Drive

  Available for installation purposes

• Monitor

  Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution

• Pointing Device

  Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

• Database

  Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard or Enterprise Edition or later (recommended); Microsoft Access 2000 or later

Microsoft Project Server 2002 (Minimum Requirements)

• Processor

  Computer with a Pentium III 500 MHz or higher processor

• Operating System

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later, or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP1 or later

• Memory

  RAM requirements depend on number of services installed on the computer. Minimum RAM requirements for Microsoft Project Server 2002:

  • 128MB of RAM (Required) Customers installing SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft require an additional 128MB of RAM.

    Customers installing Microsoft SQL Server 2000 require an additional 64MB of RAM.

    Customers installing SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services require an additional 64MB of RAM.

    RAM requirements depend on number of services installed on the computer. Minimum RAM recommendations for Microsoft Project Server 2002:

  • 512MB of RAM (Recommended) Customers installing SharePoint Team Services: additional 192MB of RAM recommended.

    Customers installing SQL Server 2000: additional 128MB of RAM recommended.

    Customers installing SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services: additional 128MB of RAM recommended.

• Hard Disk

  Hard disk space requirements depend on number of services installed on the computer.

  50MB of available hard-disk space is required for the typical installation of Microsoft Project Server 2002.

  Customers installing SharePoint Team Services require an additional 70MB for a typical installation, plus 5MB for each provisioned Web site.

  Customers installing SQL Server 2000 require an additional 250MB for the typical installation of SQL Server.

  Customers installing SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services require an additional 130MB for the typical installation of Analysis Services.

  Note: Installing additional services requires more hard-disk space.

  Hard disk space requirements depend on number of services installed on the computer.

• Drive

  CD-ROM drive

• Display

  Super VGA (800 _ 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colors

  Super VGA (800 _ 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colors

• Mouse

  Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device

• Programs

  Listed below are the programs required for data storage and management:

  SQL Server 2000 or later or the included Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) is required for server data storage needs.

  SQL Server 2000 or later is required for enterprise project and resource management.

  Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0 or later.

Microsoft Mobile Information Server 2002 (Minimum Requirements)

• Processor

  Server with 500 MHz or higher Pentium II-compatible processor (dual processor recommended)

• Operating System

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later, or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP2 (for clustering)

• Memory

  256MB of RAM (512MB recommended)

• Hard Disk

  50MB of available hard-disk space

• Drive

  CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

• Display

  VGA or higher resolution

• Mouse

  Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device

• Other Devices

  Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 with SP4 or Exchange 2000 Server with SP2 installed on a separate server for use with Microsoft Outlook Mobile Access 2002 and notifications

  High-speed connection to the wireless network (private digital leased line or existing Internet connection)

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (Minimum Requirements)

• Processor

  Intel Pentium or compatible 166 MHz or higher processor.

• Operating System

  SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition run on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server operating systems, Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 Service Pack 5 (SP5) or later, and Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition with SP5 or later

  SQL Server 2000 trial software and SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition run on the operating systems listed above for the Enterprise and Standard Editions, as well as on Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with SP5 or later.

  SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition and SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine run on the operating systems listed above for Enterprise and Standard Editions, as well as on Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with SP5 or later.

• Memory

  Enterprise Edition: 64MB RAM; 128MB recommended.

  Standard Edition: 64MB.

  Evaluation Edition: 64MB; 128MB recommended.

  Developer Edition: 64MB.

  Personal Edition: 128MB for Windows XP; 64MB for Windows 2000; 32MB for other operating systems.

  Desktop Engine: 128MB for Windows XP; 64MB for Windows 2000; 32MB for other operating systems.

• Hard Disk

  Enterprise, Standard, Evaluation, Developer, and Personal Editions require:

  95-270MB free hard-disk space for the server; 250MB for a typical installation.

  50MB free hard-disk space for a minimum installation of Analysis Services; 130MB for a typical installation.

  80MB free hard-disk space for English Query (supported on the Windows 2000 operating system but not logo certified).

  Desktop Engine requires 44MB of available hard-disk space.

• Drive

  CD-ROM drive

• Display

  VGA or higher-resolution monitor

• Other Devices

  Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later.

  Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP have built-in network software. Additional network software is required if you are using Banyan VINES or AppleTalk ADSP. Novell NetWare IPX/SPX client support is provided by the NWLink protocol of Windows-based networking.

• Client Support

  Windows 954, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, and Windows XP Home Edition are supported.

  UNIX, Apple Macintosh, and OS/2 require Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) client software from a third-party vendor.

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (Minimum Requirements)

• Processor

  Personal computer (PC) with a Pentium II-class processor, 450 megahertz (MHz)

• Operating System

  Microsoft Windows XP Professional

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation

  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server

  (Note: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition and Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server are not supported.)

• Memory

  Microsoft Windows XP Professional:

  160MB of RAM

  Windows 2000 Professional:

  96MB of RAM

  Windows 2000 Server:

  192MB of RAM

  Windows NT 4.0 Workstation:

  64MB of RAM

  Windows NT 4.0 Server:

  160MB of RAM

• Hard Disk:

  Standard Edition:

  2.5GB on installation drive, which includes 500MB on system drive

  Professional and Enterprise Editions

  3.5 GB on installation drive, which includes 500MB on system drive

• Drive

  CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

• Display

  Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colors

• Mouse

  Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Microsoft .NET Framework (Minimum Requirements)

• Processor

  Intel Pentium class, 90 MHz or higher

• Operating System

  Microsoft Windows 2000, with the latest Windows service pack and critical updates available from the Microsoft security Web site.

  Microsoft Windows XP

  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

  Windows Millennium Edition (Windows ME)

  Windows 98

  Minimum RAM Requirements

  32MB (96MB or higher recommended)

• Hard Disk

  Hard disk space required to install: 160MB

  Hard disk space required: 70MB

• Display

  Video: 800 x 600, 256 colors

• Input Device

  Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

• Other

  Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later is required.

  Microsoft Data Access Components 2.6 are required.