Workflow Manager: Requirements

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Workflow Manager® is a Web-based process management solution that gives IT total control over application readiness, application virtualization, OS migrations such as Windows 7™, and other desktop management processes.

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System Requirements

This section lists the requirements for AdminStudio Workflow Manager machines.

Workflow Manager End User Computers

This section lists the requirements for AdminStudio Workflow Manager 5.2 machines:

Item Requirement
Processor 400 MHz or higher Pentium-compatible CPU (Recommended)
Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or later
RAM 512 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 1 GB or greater (2 GB preferred)
Hard Disk Space 80 GB or greater
Operating System Windows Server 2003 or later
Database Software AdminStudio supports SQL Server 2005 or later databases. SQL Server must be installed with case-insensitive dictionary sort order and ISO- 8859-1 character set. (Use sp_helpsort T-SQL command for more information.)
Note—Before attempting to connect to an existing Microsoft SQL Server, open SQL Server Configuration Manager and make sure that the following three protocols are enabled:
  • Shared Memory
  • Named Pipes
  • TCP/IP


AdminStudio Web Server

This section lists the system requirements for the Web server that hosts the Workflow Manager Data Web service and the actual Workflow Manager Web site.

Item Requirement
Processor 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor at 1 GHz or greater
Note—Workflow Manager runs on 32-bit Windows operating systems only.
RAM 1 GB or greater (2 GB preferred)
Hard Disk Space 100 GB or greater
Operating System Windows Server 2003 or later
IIS IIS 6.0 or later
Note—AdminStudio Web Server also supports IIS 7.0 or later if IIS 6.0 compatibility mode is turned on.
.NET .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (including ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 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 topicRunning 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 100 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.

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