ConnectShip Advisor Prerequisites

Product Installation Requirements (Server and Client)		Notes
Operating System (32 or 64-bit)	Windows XP Professional (SP2 or later) -or- Windows Server 2003 -or- Windows Vista -or- Windows Server 2008 -or- Windows 7 -or- Windows Server 2008 R2	The latest service packs and security fixes are recommended for all of the operating systems.
	NTFS file system	Proper operation on FAT or FAT32 is not guaranteed.
Software Requirements	Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or later	The recommended method for installing the .NET Framework is via Windows Update.
	Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.6 RTM (2.6.6526) or later	MDAC can be downloaded from Microsoft Data Access website. Microsoft's Component Checker utility, which can be used to determine the currently installed version of MDAC, can be downloaded from the same site. Note that you may have to install Jet components separately. See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 271908 for details.
	Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) Service	The MSDTC service must be running to use the TransAPIPooled COM+ object. The XML Processor and the Progistics Management Console use the TransAPIPooled object, so the service must be running when using those applications. This service is typically installed and set to run automatically when Windows is installed.
	VB Scripting Engine 3.1+	The scripting engine is installed with Internet Explorer or it can downloaded from the Microsoft Windows Script Technologies website.
	Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.1 or later (optional)	Required when connecting "Client Only" installations to the ConnectShip Advisor server. If you are using IIS 6.0 or later, see Progistics and IIS 6.0 for important information.
	Any of the following: (optional) SQL Server 2000 SQL Server 2005 SQL Server 2008	Required if using SQL Server to replace MSDE or SQL Server 2005 Express (this is not supported for all ConnectShip databases). SQL Server 7 is not supported for distributed installations, only for transaction database storage. See Database Use and Distributed Installation for more information.
	Windows Script Host (optional)	Required if running Visual Basic scripts (such as for debugging). The script host, along with scripting engines, can be downloaded from the Microsoft Windows Script Technologies website.
Internet Connectivity	Operations such as licensing, and some carrier data uploading, require Internet access.

Product Installation Requirements (Client Only)		Notes
Operating System	Windows 2000 Professional or Server -or- Windows XP Professional -or- Windows Server 2003 -or- Windows Server 2008	The latest service packs and security fixes are recommended for all of the operating systems.
	NTFS file system	Proper operation on FAT or FAT32 is not guaranteed.
Software Requirements	Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0	The recommended method for installing the .NET Framework is via Windows Update.