System Requirements for HotDocs Workspace

Hardware Minimum Requirements

2 or more processors (2 GHz or faster)

Single processor machines can work well for development and lower load production environments

1GB RAM (2 GB recommended)
SCSI or comparable storage subsystem

Software Minimum Requirements

Your system must meet the following minimum software requirements before you can install Workspace:

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows Server (2008, 2008r2, 2012, or 2012r2)

Additional Software

HotDocs Server 11, with the HDServerFiles Virtual directory or a HotDocs Cloud Services subscription
Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 or later1

You must ensure that the following IIS features are installed (enabled) or you may experience errors when using Workspace:
• Common HTTP features: Static Content, HTTP Redirection
• Application Development: ASP.NET, .NET Extensibility
• Security: Basic Authentication, Request Filtering
• Management Tools: IIS Management Console, IIS Management Scripts and Tools

Microsoft SQL Server2 2008 to 2014 with Mixed Mode Authentication enabled (including Express editions)
Windows feature ASP.NET 4.5 enabled

With Microsoft Windows Server 2012 you need to manually enable ASP.NET 3.5 and 4.5, as well as .NET Extensibility 3.5 and 4.5.

Web Browsers

To access Workspace, users must have a compatible web browser installed.

	Internet Explorer	Firefox	Safari	Chrome
Version	Version 8 and later	Version 2 and later	Version 3 and later	Version 5 and later
JavaScript	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Silverlight	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Development

To develop additional functionality for Workspace, your system must also have the following software installed:

Microsoft Visual Studio (2008 or later), with C# libraries installed
ASP.Net MVC (Version 4.5)

1. IIS version 7 requires IIS 6 compatibility tools installed via the add remove windows features.

2. This includes any version, including SQL Server Express. Please review capacities for specific versions before deploying to a production environment as express supports a limited database size.