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■ Windows Server 2012
■ Windows Server 2012 R2
You can install the Service Manager Self-Service Portal on computers running:
■ Windows Server 2008 R2
■ Windows Server 2012
■ Windows Server 2012 R2
Table 1-9 lists the software prerequisites for each System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager
element when Service Manager is deployed on Windows Server 2012 R2.

TABLE 1-9 Service Manager software requirem ents
Element Software prerequisites

Management server

■ SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client or SQL Server 2012
Native Client
■ Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable

Console

■ Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable
■ Excel 2007 or later to view OLAP data cubes
■ SQL Server 2012 Analysis Management Objects

Self-Service Portal: web content server

■ Internet Information Services with IIS 6 Metabase
compatibility
■ SSL Certificate
■ SQL Server 2012 Analysis Management Objects

Self-Service Portal: SharePoint Web Parts

■ Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 with SP2 or
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 with SP2 (Note
that SharePoint 2013 is not supported for Service
Manager 2012 R2)
■ SQL Server 2012 with SP1

MORE INFO SERVICE MANAGER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

You can learn more about the software requirements for Service Manager at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh519608.aspx .

Data Protection Manager
You can install a System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager server on computers run-
ning the following operating systems:
■ Windows Server 2008
■ Windows Server 2008 R2
■ Windows Server 2012
■ Windows Server 2012 R2
You can use DPM with both the Standard or Enterprise editions of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1,
and SQL Server 2012. DPM requires that the Database Engine services and Reporting Services
elements of SQL Server be deployed.