System Requirements

On Server

• Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 / 2012 R2 or Windows 7 / 8 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate editions.
  • Ports 9896, 9898 on the server must be available and open to the client

  The TeamPulse installer will automatically try to install the following prerequisites (Webserver IIS7+ features, .Net Framework 4.5, SQL Server 2008). Only in case the installer fails to set them - you will need to do it manually.

• Webserver IIS 7+ with the following features enabled (find out more - Web Server IIS7 Setup):
  • ASP.NET (on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 enable ASP.NET 4.5)
  • IIS Management Console or IIS Management Service
  • Windows Authentication
  • Default Document
  • Static Content
  • Note: If IIS is not configured correctly, the TeamPulse Installer will attempt to configure it automatically.
• Only for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012: the .Net Framework 4.5 Features -> WCF Services -> HTTP Activation feature needs to be installed.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later
  • http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9cfb2d51-5ff4-4491-b0e5-b386f32c0992&displaylang=en
• Access to an instance of SQL Server 2008, 2012 or 2014
  
  • http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/overview.aspx
  • The supported collation is SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
  • TeamPulse can also be used with SQL Server 2008, 2012 or 2014 Express Edition, which you may download for free at the following location: http://www.microsoft.com/express/database/default.aspx . Or, you can choose to automatically install SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Express on the same machine as TeamPulse as part of the TeamPulse installer.
• TeamPulse application pool and integration service account
  
  • Read/write permissions for the TeamPulse installation folder
  • Access to the TeamPulse SQL Server and dbowner permissions for TeamPulse database (This could not be needed if a specific sql account is set in the configuration files)
  
  

On Client

• HTML5 browser support. Learn more about supported browsers.
• Silverlight 5 (for some features)      
  • download: http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default.aspx

Opening Ports

In order to access the TeamPulse components from client machines, you will need to open the following ports:

• 9896 – TeamPulse Ideas & Feedback Portal (available when licensed)
• 9898 – Administration Site and TeamPulse Client Site