Commerce Server System Requirements
Published: May 30, 2007 | Updated: June 25, 2007
Here are the minimum system requirements that are needed for each computer in a Commerce Server deployment. Actual requirements will vary based on your system configuration and the applications and features that you decide to install. For more information, including limitations with certain software versions, see the Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Commerce Server 2007.
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Hardware Requirements
This section lists the minimum hardware requirements that are needed for each computer in a Commerce Server deployment.
All computers should be equipped with a CD drive or DVD drive and a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 compatible VGA or higher-resolution monitor. Additionally, we recommend 10 MBps or larger bandwidth for the network adapters.
| Computer | Processor | Memory | Hard Disk | Network Adapters |
Domain controller | Dual 800 megahertz (MHz) [Dual 2.0 gigahertz (GHz) recommended] | 512 megabytes (MB) [1024 MB recommended] | 9.0 gigabytes (GB) | 1 |
SQL Server | Dual 1.0 GHz [Quad 2.0 GHz recommended] | 2048 MB [4.0 GB recommended] | 50.0 GB | 2 |
Data Warehouse | Dual 1.0 GHz [Quad 2.0 GHz recommended] | 2048 MB [4.0 GB recommended] | 50.0 GB | 1 |
Business Management | Single 1.0 GHz [Dual 2.0 GHz recommended] | 512 MB [1024 MB recommended] | 9.0 GB | 1 |
ISA Server | Single 1.0 GHz [Dual 2.0 GHz recommended] | 1024 MB [2.0 GB recommended] | 9.0 GB | 2 |
Web Server | Single 1.0 GHz [Dual 2.0 GHz recommended] | 1024 MB [2.0 GB recommended] | 9.0 GB | 2 |
Management Server | Dual 800 MHz [Dual 2.0 GHz recommended] | 1024 MB [2.0 GB recommended] | 18.0 GB | 1 |
Development | Single 500 MHz [Dual 2.0 GHz recommended] | 512 MB [2.0 GB recommended] | 8.0 GB | 1 |
BizTalk Server | Dual 1.0 GHz [Dual 2.0 GHz recommended] | 1024 MB [2.0 GB recommended] | 18.0 GB | 2 |
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Software Requirements
This section lists the supported software requirements for each computer in a Commerce Server deployment.
| Software | Developer or System Administrator Computer | Commerce Server 2007 Web Server | Business User Computer | System Integrator Computer |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition with SP2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition with SP2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition with SP2 | Yes
(Does not support Data Warehouse and Analysis Reporting and requires SQL Server to be installed on a separate server) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 with SP2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition R2 with SP2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 with SP2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition R2 with SP2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition with XP COM+ Hotfix Rollup Package 13 with SP2 | Yes
(Commerce Server 2007 SP1 Developer Edition only) | No | Yes | No |
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition with XP COM+ Hotfix Rollup Package 13 with SP2 | Yes
(Commerce Server 2007 Developer Edition only) | No | Yes | No |
Windows Vista Business | Yes
(Commerce Server 2007 Developer Edition only) | No | Yes | No |
Windows Vista Enterprise | Yes
(Commerce Server 2007 Developer Edition only) | No | Yes | No |
Windows Vista Ultimate | Yes
(Commerce Server 2007 Developer Edition only) | No | Yes | No |
Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Internet Information Services 7.0 with IIS 6.0 Compatibility enabled | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Windows Critical Updates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition with SP4
OR
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with SP2
OR
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced Services Edition with SP2 | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services with SP4
OR
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services with SP2 | Yes
(for Data Warehouse and Analysis Reporting) | No | No | Yes |
SQL Server 2000 Distributed Transformation Services (DTS) Designer Components | Yes
(required for Data Warehouse DTS tasks) | No | No | No |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 with SP1 | Yes
(for developing Web applications) | No | No | Yes
(for developing BizTalk applications) |
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 with KB913393 update
OR
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft ADO.NET Hotfix | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Register ASP.NET 2.0 as the default framework | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 | Optional
(required to use Commerce Server Adapters for Microsoft BizTalk Server) | No | No | Yes |
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 with SP1 | Optional | No | No | No |
Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 Management Object Model (MOM) Pack | Optional | No | No | No |
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