ShowBiz computer minimum and recommended hardware and software

Modified on 26/05/2016 10:17 AM by Suzanne Coy — Categorized as: Installation, Technical Guide

Operating System: for Users¶

Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10

Operating System: for Database Server¶

Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2

Microsoft Office: required for users' PCs only, not Database Server¶

Office 2007
Office 2010
Office 2013
Office 2016
Note: As of March 2014, ShowBiz supports Office 365's Outlook is supported for sending emails

Other Software: for Database Server¶

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (Any Edition)
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (Any Edition)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (Any Edition)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Any Edition)

Other Software: for users¶

Microsoft Office

Hardware: for Users¶

RAM: 4GB (6BG-8GB Recommended)
Free Hard Disk Space: 500MB (More recommended for any PC to run healthily)
Processor: 2GhZ (More recommended for any PC to run healthily)

Hardware: for Database Server¶

Note: The following depend heavily on what other tasks a server is assigned (e.g. Email Server, Print Server, File Server etc.)
RAM: 8GB (>8GB Recommended)
Free Hard Disk Space: 1GB (Much more recommended for any Server to run healthily)
Processor: 2.4GhZ (More recommended for any Server to run healthily)

Installation¶

ShowBiz Installation Instructions can be found at the ShowBiz Installation Guide page