System requirements

The following configurations are supported by Kentico CMS. Other configurations may work too, but the system was not tested with them.

 
Web Server Requirements

•One of the following operating systems:
•Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with MDAC 2.8 or later
•Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with MDAC 2.8 or later
•Microsoft Windows XP Professional with MDAC 2.8 or later
•Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with MDAC 2.8 or later
•.NET Framework 2.0
•Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 or 6.0 and ASP.NET 2.0 installed and correctly registered in IIS.
•Graphic adapter with resolution at least 1024x768 pixels.
•100 MB free disk space.

 
SQL Server Requirements

•Microsoft SQL Server 2000, MSDE 2000, SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server Express 2005. The server must use case insensitive (CI) collation.

 
Development Machine Requirements

•One of the following operating systems:
•Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with MDAC 2.8 or later
•Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with MDAC 2.8 or later
•Microsoft Windows XP Professional with MDAC 2.8 or later
•Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with MDAC 2.8 or later
•.NET Framework 2.0
•Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 or 6.0 and ASP.NET 2.0 installed and correctly registered in IIS.
•Graphic adapter with resolution at least 1024x768 pixels.
•100 MB free disk space.
•Recommended:
•Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 or Microsoft Web Developer 2005.
•1 GB RAM

Web Client Requirements

•The Web site created using Kentico CMS can be viewed on virtually any browser depending on the code you generate. Some of the Kentico CMS Controls (such as DHTML drop-down menu) are limited to higher-level browsers only as described in the Kentico CMS Web Parts and Controls Reference.
•Kentico CMS Desk (the administrative user interface for administrators, developers and site contributors) was tested with the following browsers running on Microsoft Windows XP SP2:
•Internet Explorer 6.0 or later.
•Mozilla 1.7.1
•Netscape 7.1
•The administration interface requires a graphic adapter with resolution at least 1024x768 pixels.

Shared Web Hosting Requirements

•ASP.NET 2.0 support.
•Microsoft SQL Server 2000, MSDE 2000, SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server Express 2005. The server must use case insensitive (CI) collation.
•The server must support medium-trust or full-trust security level.