Requirements for the Authoring Tool

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Service Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager, System Center 2012 - Service Manager

Before you set up the Authoring Tool in System Center 2012 – Service Manager, ensure that the server on which you plan to install the Authoring Tool meets all the following server and operating system requirements.

You can install the Authoring Tool on a server that hosts the Service Manager management server, or you can install it on a separate server.

• Windows Vista (any edition) with the latest service pack

• Windows 7

• Windows Server 2008 with the latest service pack

• Windows Server 2008 R2

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, which you can download from the Microsoft Download Center.

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Shell, which must be in the same language as the display language of the operating system. You can install Visual Studio 2008 Shell from the Prerequisites page in the Service Manager Authoring Tool Setup Wizard.

  Note

  
  During Authoring Tool Setup, if an error appears stating that Microsoft Visual Studio Shell 2008 is not installed and you’ve verified that it is installed, then the Visual Studio 2008 Shell Isolated Mode Redistributable Package might not be installed completely. To install it, navigate to <SystemDrive>\VS 2008 Shell Redist\Isolated Mode\ and run VS_Shell_isolated.enu.exe.

Overview of the Authoring Tool for System Center 2012 – Service Manager