# Expere Authoring Tools

The following sections list the minimum hardware and software requirements to install and run the Expere Authoring Tools: the Requirements and Content Editor and I-32 Design Tool. The Expere Authoring Tools are installed with an embedded Document Engine to provide the necessary document generation functionality for non-production outputs.

Note: If the DocViewer application is used with the authoring tools, see the DocViewer requirements as part of the overall Expere Engine and Content (Tools) requirements.

The Expere Authoring Tools environment requires a Microsoft SQL Server database management system. For optimal performance, it is suggested that content be stored and loaded from a database. In an authoring tool configuration, only Microsoft SQL Server is supported and it can be installed on Windows 64-bit operating system.

## Client Requirements

Disk Space | 256 GB or more
RAM Memory | 8 GB, recommend 16GB
Processor | i5 quad-core or later 64-bit
OS | Windows 7 or later
.NET Framework | 4.5 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
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
Capstan | Latest released version

## 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 2008 R2 or later
.NET Framework | 4.5 or later
Powershell or Apache ANT | Appropriate version for your platform For scripted batch processing
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 2008 R2 or later
.NET Framework | 4.5 or later
SQL Server | 2008 R2 or higher, 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