Workflow Manager: Requirements

System Requirements

This section lists the requirements for AdminStudio Workflow Manager 5.0 machines.

Workflow Manager End User Computers

This section lists the requirements for AdminStudio Workflow Manager 5.0 machines:

Item	Requirement
Processor	400 MHz or higher Pentium-compatible CPU (Recommended)
Browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
RAM	256 MB or more RAM (Recommended)

Application Catalog Database Server

The recommended system configuration for a database server to store AdminStudio application catalog databases is:

Item	Requirement
Processor	32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor at 1 GHz or greater
RAM	512 MB or greater (1 GB preferred)
Hard Disk Space	80 GB or greater
Operating System	Windows Server 2003 or later
Database Software	AdminStudio supports SQL Server databases. SQL Server 2000 (with the latest Service Pack) is the minimum requirement, but SQL Server 2005 or later is highly recommended. SQL Server must be installed with caseinsensitive dictionary sort order and ISO-8859-1 character set (use sp_helpsort T-SQL command for more information). Note—Starting with AdminStudio 9.01/Workflow Manager 5.0, Oracle databases are no longer supported. If you are upgrading an installation of Workflow Manager that used an Oracle database, you will be alerted that Oracle is no longer supported. You will then have the opportunity to continue the install and specify the location of a new SQL Server database or to exit the installation.

AdminStudio Web Server

This Web server hosts the Workflow Manager Data Web service and the actual Workflow Manager Web site.

Item	Requirement
Processor	32-bit (x86) processor at 1 GHz or greater Note—Workflow Manager runs on 32-bit Windows operating systems only.
RAM	512 MB or greater (1 GB preferred)
Hard Disk Space	30 GB or greater
Operating System	Windows Server 2003 or later (32-bit platforms only)
IIS	IIS 5.0 or IIS 6.0 Note—AdminStudio Web Server also supports IIS 7.0 if IIS 6.0 compatibility mode is turned on.
.NET	.NET Framework 2.0 (including ASP.NET 2.0 registered with IIS)
MSXML	MSXML 4.0
Running on a Domain Controller	If running on a domain controller, you will have to implement one of the procedures described in the Microsoft Developer Network topic Running ASP.NET on a Domain Controller (available at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa579070.aspx.

File Share Server

This machine stores the uploaded source files and the repackaged output files.

Item	Requirement
Processor	512 MHz or greater
RAM	512 MB or greater
Hard Disk Space	60 GB or greater
Operating System	Windows Server 2003 or later

Portal Web Server for Internet Clients

If Workflow Manager needs to be accessed over the Internet, it is recommended to set up another Web server, residing in a demilitarized zone (DMZ). This Web server:

• accepts the requests from the Internet clients,
• forwards them to the AdminStudio Web Server,
• gets responses from the AdminStudio Web Server, and
• forwards them to the clients

You can configure the AdminStudio Web Server to entertain the request only if it is coming from the Portal Web server, and otherwise reject the request. The Portal Web server manages access to the AdminStudio Web Server and ensures that clients are not able to access any data or documents without logging in.

The system requirements for this machine are the same as for the AdminStudio Web Server.

Portal Web Server for Intranet Clients

For better security, and to manage access to the AdminStudio Web Server, it is recommended to also set up a portal Web server for Intranet clients. If you would like to make use of the Single Sign On feature, you are required to install the Intranet Portal with NT Authentication mode of IIS directory security (by unselecting Anonymous Authentication and selecting Integrated Windows Authentication).

Single Sign On is only supported when the user that logs into IIS has been imported into the AdminStudio Enterprise Server database using Active Directory. The administrator can either import the complete group or only one user. If a complete group is imported, then all the members of the group can be logged into AdminStudio Enterprise Server using Single Sign On.

The system requirements for this machine are the same as for the AdminStudio Web Server.