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# System Requirements

The following sections list the minimum hardware and software requirements to install and run the Expere Authoring Tools. Requirements Editor is installed separately from the Expere Engine. Together they provide non-production document generation.
Note:

- For the Expere Engine production document rendering prerequisites, see the Expere Implementation Guide that is included with the Expere Document Engine.
- If the DocViewer application is used with the authoring tools, see the DocViewer User Guide that is included with that application.
- The Expere Engine utilizes the 64-bit Amazon Corretto OpenJDK.

## Client Requirements

Disk Space | 256 GB or more
RAM Memory | 8 GB, recommend 16GB
Processor | i5 quad-core or later 64-bit
OS | Windows 10 or later
.NET Framework | 4.7.2 or later
Visual Studio 2013 Shell (Isolated) | Latest 2013 released version
MS SQL Client Tools | For loading to the Authoring Web Server or an MS SQL based Expere runtime
Team Explorer for Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 | Latest 2013 release version
64-bit Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) | For loading to an Oracle-based Expere runtime
Requirements Administration Tool | Latest released version
Requirements Editor | Latest released version
Data Dictionary Viewer | Latest released version
I-32 Forms Design 6.0 | Latest released version
Web Browser | The latest version of Chrome or Edge, or Internet Explorer 11. This is used for documentation and for generating and displaying Preview and HTML Outline information in the Requirements Editor Tool.

## Build Server Requirements

Disk Space | 128 GB or more
RAM | 16 GB or more
Processor | i5 Quad-core or later
64-bit OS | Windows Server 2012 or later
.NET Framework | 4.72 or later
Build Document Previews | Latest released version
Customer Facing Outlines | Latest released version
Data Dictionary Builder | Latest released version
Command Line Expere Administration Tool | Latest released version

## Authoring Server Requirements

Disk Space | 128 GB or more
RAM | 4 GB or more
Processor | i3 dual-core or later
64-bit OS | Windows Server 2012 or later
.NET Framework | 4.7.2 or later
SQL Server | SQL Server 2012 or later, all editions: Express, Standard and Enterprise
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) | 7 or higher
Server Tools Web Services | WebServer folder copied from the Expere Server Tools installation folder