System Requirements

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The hardware and software requirements below provide a general guideline for your information. Additional requirements may be necessary depending on specific software application purchase.

For more information, contact your Sage business partner or contact our Support team at 800-866-8049.

The following table shows the hardware requirements for server computers running Sage 100 Contractor.

The minimum processor requirements for servers listed in the table below are based on the Microsoft Windows® Server 2008 operating system family. When updating or purchasing servers running newer operating systems such as Windows Server 2008, Small Business Server 2008, and Server 2008 R2 Standard, we recommend that you also refer to Microsoft system requirements.

Server Hardware Requirements

Server Hardware Minimum Recommended

Processor Intel Pentium 4 or comparable Intel® Dual-Core/Intel® Core™2 Quad processor or Compatible, 2GHz +

RAM 2 GB 4 GB +

Free Disk Space 3.5 GB 3.5 GB +

CD-ROM Drive 2x CD-ROM 24x CD-ROM +

Printers For highest quality printing, we recommend laser or inkjet printers.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 must be installed to all computers running Sage 100 Contractor and the License Administration Tool. These minimum recommendations include the 370 MB of hard disk drive space required for running Microsoft .NET Framework® 3.5 Service Pack 1 software on servers.

Client and workstation hardware requirements

Workstation Hardware Minimum Recommended

Processor (except Vista®/Windows 7) Pentium 4 or comparable Intel Dual-Core or comparable

Processor Speed (Vista/Windows 7) 1 GHz 2 GHz +

RAM (except Vista/Windows 7) 1 GB 3 GB +

RAM (Vista/Windows 7) 2 GB 4 GB

Free Disk Space 1 GB 2 GB +

CD-ROM Drive 2x CD-ROM 2x CD-ROM

Printers For highest quality printing, we recommend laser or inkjet printers.

These minimum recommendations include the 230 MB disk space required for running Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 software on client workstations. The recommended free disk space is also based on the installation of a single program and the average size of a Sage 100 Contractor company database. Allow at least 50 MB for each additional company database that you create.

Note: For additional information, see Chapter 2: System Requirements and Configuration of the Installation and License Administration Guide.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Server, 32- and 64-bit Operating Systems Client/Workstation, 32- and 64-bit Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Vista Business

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP 2 or newer)

Microsoft Server 2003

Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 (SP 1 or newer)

Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011

Supported Microsoft Office Versions

The following table shows which versions of Microsoft Office are supported in Sage 100 Contractor.

Supported Microsoft Office Versions

Microsoft Office 2003

Microsoft Office 2007

Microsoft Office 2010

Unsupported Operating Systems

Caution! Sage 100 Contractor and/or its components do not run on or support some operating systems. Do not install Sage 100 Contractor to computers running the following Microsoft operating systems:

Internet Access Requirements

Sage License ServerThe Sage License Server needs Internet access for obtaining license entitlements and for when license will be checked out/in for disconnected use.

Auto-Refresh on the 11-3 Dispatch Board Auto-Refresh requires that users of the dispatch board to be on the same license server.

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