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• Windows Power Shell 2.0 is required. It is preinstalled for Windows 7
but not for Windows 2008 Server and Windows Vista ( http://msdn.
microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff637750(v=azure.10).aspx ).
• Supported network protocols are TCPIP, shared memory, named pipes,
and VIA (deprecated in the future)
• Virtualization is limited to Hyper-V role in Windows servers.
• Browser support includes IE 7.0 or later for Microsoft Management
Console, SSDT and Report Designer Component of Reporting Services,
and HTML help.
• WOW support is needed for management tools.
Coniguring the hardware used for the topic
A Toshiba laptop (Satellite P775) is used with the following specifications:
• 8 Core processor (Intel Core i7-2670QM at 2.20 GHZ, RAM (8 GB),
64-bit version
• No pen or touch input
• Clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with the SP1 operating system
• Free disk space of 350 GB with all the needed servers (described in this
chapter) installed
• Monitor display having a resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels, a mouse, and a
DVD/CD-ROM drive
• The Internet Explorer 9.0 browser
If you are not sure of how many processor cores are there, follow
this link: http://hodentekhelp.blogspot.com/2013/01/
how-do-i-find-number-of-cores-in.html .
This configuration meets the requirements for installing the SQL Server 2012 software
and running Reporting Services, and SharePoint 2010.