Monitoring Server software prerequisites

Updated: 2009-12-10

The following software prerequisites must be satisfied before you install PerformancePoint Monitoring Server.

  • Either Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services must be installed in order to successfully install and use Monitoring Server. Monitoring Server supports Excel Services as a report type and data source, but is supported only with Office SharePoint Server 2007 installed instead of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. To review the difference between these SharePoint Products and Technologies, see Which SharePoint technology is right for you.

    The terms "Windows SharePoint Services" and "SharePoint Services" are used collectively in PerformancePoint Server documentation to refer to Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

  • The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 is not supported for PerformancePoint Monitoring Server. If the .NET Framework 3.5 is already installed and is needed for other tasks, it must be uninstalled from the server before PerformancePoint Monitoring Server is installed. After PerformancePoint Monitoring server is installed, the .NET Framework 3.5 may be re-installed.

ImportantImportant:

Office Web Components are not supported on PerformancePoint Server 64-bit deployments. These components are 32-bit only and are not compatible with the 64-bit implementation of PerformancePoint Server even though these components may run on a 64-bit computer when 32-bit Internet Explorer hosts the Office Web Components. This is a known issue and is not supported.

ImportantImportant:

PerformancePoint Monitoring Server supports 32-bit and 64-bit operating system environments. The following are the supported Monitoring Server and operating system combinations. All other combinations are not recommended and are unsupported.

  • 32-bit PerformancePoint Monitoring Server on 32-bit operating systems

  • 64-bit PerformancePoint Monitoring Server on 64-bit operating systems

TipTip:

Following are essential questions and answers about using Strategy Maps and reports with PerformancePoint Monitoring Server and clients.

  • Is Microsoft Visio Viewer needed to view Strategy Maps rendered as an image in a PerformancePoint dashboard when installed on the SharePoint Server?
    Strategy Maps rendered as images do not require the Visio Viewer redistributable control.

  • Is it possible to view a Strategy Map rendered as a Visio chart in a PerformancePoint dashboard with Microsoft Visio Viewer installed on the SharePoint Server?
    No, Visio Viewer must be installed on the PerformancePoint client computer for Strategy Maps rendered as Visio drawings.

  • Is Microsoft Visio Viewer needed to view Strategy Maps rendered as an image in a PerformancePoint dashboard when installed on the client computer?
    Strategy Maps rendered as images do not require Visio Viewer.

  • Can you use Microsoft Visio Viewer to view a Strategy Map rendered as a Visio chart in a PerformancePoint dashboard when installed on the client computer?
    Yes.

  • Is a full installation of Microsoft Office Visio required for using Strategy Maps in PerformancePoint Server?
    For information workers using a PerformancePoint client computer, the full version of Visio is only required for authoring Strategy Maps, not for consuming them from published dashboards. The full version of Office Visio is required on the PerformancePoint Server for rendering Strategy Maps as images.

Clients
Product Supported operating system Additional requirements Supported browsers

PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer

Windows Server 2003 (SP2 and R2), 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows XP (excluding XPe), SP2

Microsoft Vista® (Business, Business N, Enterprise) 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit

ADOMD.NET 9.0

MSXML 6.0 + updates

SQL Server 2005 SP2 Analysis Services server OLE DB 9.0 Provider + Cumulative Update 9.00.3186 (kb939537)

SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services server Service Pack 4 - Build 2174 for Client Systems (to use SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services server as a data source)

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

Report Viewer for SQL Server 2005, 2005 SP1, or SQL Server 2008 depending on your configuration

Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007 or Visio 2010 for creating Strategy Map reports

Not applicable

PerformancePoint Add-in for Report Designer

Windows Server 2003 (SP2 and R2), 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows XP (excluding XPe), SP2

Microsoft Vista® (Business, Business N, Enterprise) 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 with SQL Server 2005 SP2 Report Designer

The Report Designer component can be found on the SQL Server 2005 CD by installing Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS)

Not applicable

PerformancePoint Dashboard Client

Windows Server 2003 (SP2 and R2), 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows XP (excluding XPe), SP2

Microsoft Vista® (Business, Business N, Enterprise) 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit

Viso Viewer 2007 or Visio Viewer 2010 for viewing Strategy Map reports

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8

NoteNote:
If you use Internet Explorer 8 with PerformancePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3, then you must set a security option in your browser. You must set the Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints option as Enabled. See To enable security options in Internet Explorer 8 for more information.
Server and services
Product Supported operating systems Additional requirements Supported browsers

PerformancePoint Monitoring Server Configuration Manager

Windows Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows Server 2003 (SP2 and R2), 32-bit and 64-bit

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0

SQL Native Client 9.0 SP2

Not applicable

PerformancePoint Monitoring Server

Windows Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows Server 2003 (SP2 and R2), 32-bit and 64-bit

Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 (XP) 6.0, or IIS 7.0 with IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility, and IIS 6.0 Isolation Mode

Install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 first, and then Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0

Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX 1.0

SQL Server 2005 Analysis Management Objects 9.0 SP2

SQL Server 2005 Native Client 9.0 SP2

SQL ADOMD.NET 9.0

MSXML6.msi + updates

SQL Server 2005 SP2 Analysis Services OLE DB 9.0 Provider + Cumulative Update 9.00.3186 (kb939537)

SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Service Pack 4 — Build 2174 for Client Systems (to use SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services as a data source)

Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007 or Office Visio 2010 required for rendering Strategy Maps

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8

NoteNote:
If you use Internet Explorer 8 with PerformancePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 then you must set a security option in your browser. You must set the Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints option as Enabled. See To enable security options in Internet Explorer 8 for more information.

PerformancePoint Dashboard Server Web Part for Windows SharePoint Services

Windows Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows Server 2003 (SP2 and R2), 32-bit and 64-bit

Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, or IIS 7.0 with IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility, IIS 6.0 Isolation Mode

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (SP1 for Windows Server 2008)

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0

Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX 1.0

SQL Server 2005 Analysis Management Objects 9.0 SP2

SQL Server 2005 Native Client 9.0 SP2

SQL ADOMD.NET 9.0

MSXML6.msi + updates

SQL Server 2005 SP2 Analysis Services OLE DB 9.0 Provider + Cumulative Update 9.00.3186 (kb939537)

SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Service Pack 4 — Build 2174 for Client Systems (to use SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services as a data source)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8

NoteNote:
If you use Internet Explorer 8 with PerformancePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 then you must set a security option in your browser. You must set the Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints option as Enabled. See To enable security options in Internet Explorer 8 for more information.

PerformancePoint Scorecard Viewer for Reporting Services

Windows Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows Server 2003 (SP2 and R2), 32-bit and 64-bit

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Monitoring Server 2007

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 Reporting Services Server

Not applicable

PerformancePoint Monitoring System database

Windows Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit

Windows Server 2003 (SP2 and R2), 32-bit and 64-bit

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 Standard Edition + Cumulative Update 9.00.3186 (kb939537)

Not applicable

To enable security options in Internet Explorer 8

  1. Click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options.

  2. Click the Security tab.

  3. Click the Internet icon.

  4. In the Security level for this zone section, click Custom level.

  5. Find Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints and click Enabled.

  6. When you are finished making changes to the security settings, click OK.

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