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BuildBeat Server System Requirements

Software Requirements Hardware Requirements
Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server

Internet Information Services 5.0 (IIS) or later - see notes below

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or later - see notes below
1 GHz Pentium processor or higher recommended

512 MB of RAM or higher recommended

40 MB Hard disk free space for application files, 40 MB additonal for the .NET Framework, 20MB additional for MSDE (see below)
 
You may install BuildBeat on a server without IIS. However, you will not be able to access the web-based reporting system, nor will you be able to perform automatic updates of the BuildBeat Desktop components.

If Microsoft SQL Server is not installed on the server machine, the installation program will optionally install the Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) on the machine. You can also use BuildBeat with an instance of SQL Server installed on another machine.

Microsoft .NET Framework
The BuildBeat installation program will install the .NET Framework 1.1 if it is not detected on the server machine in which you are installing BuildBeat.

BuildBeat Desktop Application System Requirements

Software Requirements Hardware Requirements
Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1

A web browser (for accessing web-based reports)
1 GHz Pentium processor or higher recommended

256 MB of RAM (recommended)

8 MB Hard disk free space, plus 40Mb additonal space for the .NET Framework
 
The BuildBeat installation program will install the .NET Framework 1.1 if it is not detected on the machine in which you are installing BuildBeat.