1. System Requirements for axis diplomat 2014

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Please note that where requirements reference third party software (e.g. Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange etc.), axis diplomat software licensing does NOT include any rights to use such software which must be licensed separately.

Likewise, the requirements listed refer to the axis diplomat software only and not any requirements of third party software which may interact with axis diplomat such as Microsoft Office or Microsoft SQL Server.

For current information please see the Supported Environments section of our website at http://www.axisfirst.co.uk/software/axisdiplomat/platforms/.

 

Workstations

 

Workstation Operating Systems

axis diplomat 2014 is designed for use with the following minimum specification of workstation:

Workstation Operating System(s):

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (32 bit or 64 bit).
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (32 bit or 64 bit).
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise (32 bit or 64 bit).

Please note that Microsoft Windows 10 Home, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 7 Starter and Home Premium are specifically NOT supported. These are targeted by Microsoft at the home user. We do not support the use of axis diplomat 2014 on these operating systems. axis first recommends Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (or Enterprise) or above for business use.

Workstation Hardware

As per the recommendations for the operating system used plus:

 

Processor

Intel Pentium (or higher).

Memory

10MB RAM (average) per axis diplomat 2014 application task running (this is in addition to memory required for operating system and any other applications in use). An axis diplomat 2014 application task is any axis diplomat 2014 function currently running on the workstation (the axis diplomat 2014 scheduler also counts as one task).

Video

1280 x 768 resolution minimum. 1920 x 1080 (FHD, 1080p) recommended.

Please note that 1024 x 768, 800 x 600 and 640 x 480 resolutions which have previously been supported in earlier versions of axis diplomat are NOT supported in axis diplomat 2014 or above.

Printers

Printer(s) supplied with Windows 2008, Windows 2003,Windows Vista or Windows XP printer driver as appropriate to your server or workstation operating system environment.

 

Servers

 

Server Operating Systems

axis diplomat 2014 is designed for use with the following minimum specification of server:

Server Operating System(s):

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32 bit or 64 bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Foundation Server 2008
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008
  • Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008

In addition, small 'peer to peer' networks of between two and five workstations may use the following operating system on the workstation acting as the axis diplomat 2014 database 'server':

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise

Please note that Microsoft Windows 10 Home, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 7 Starter and Home Premium are specifically NOT supported. These are targeted by Microsoft at the home user. We do not support the use of axis diplomat 2014 on these operating systems. axis first recommends Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (or Enterprise) or above for business use.

* axis diplomat 2014 is specifically optimised to support terminal services and this environment delivers optimal performance over LAN, WAN and remote or mobile worker applications.

Server Hardware

As per the recommendations for the operating system used plus:

 

Processor

Intel Pentium (or higher).

Memory

10MB RAM per axis diplomat 2014 application task running plus 50MB for axis diplomat 2014 services (i.e. AXISFM32, AXISQM32 etc.). This is in addition to memory required for operating system and any other applications in use. An axis diplomat 2014 application task is any axis diplomat 2014 function currently running on the server.

Video

1280 x 768 display (with small fonts) minimum. 1920 x 1080 (FHD/1080p) recommended.

Disk sub-system

Peer networks (2 to 5 user): Minimum SATA drive, recommended RAID1 (mirrored pair) SATA drives.

Entry level servers (2 to 8 user): Recommended minimum RAID1 (mirrored pair) 7200rpm SATA drives.

Mid-range servers: (> 8 user): Recommended minimum RAID1 (mirrored pair) or RAID10 SAS drives.

Please note that the performance of the drive sub-system will dramatically influence the overall performance of your axis diplomat 2014 installation.

Disk Space

Between 500MB and 800MB disk space for programs (dependant on number of axis diplomat 2014 packages installed) plus recommended minimum of 2GB for data.

Note: The actual amount of disk space required will vary widely between systems depending on the way in which they are used. For example, a system with eBusiness integration to a number of web sites where all stock rich data and images are held in (and published from) axis diplomat may consume many tens of Gigabytes. Backups taken both using axis diplomat's built-in backup facilities and any third party backup solutions will also vary correspondingly in their disk space needs.

Off-Site Backup Device

  • Third party off-site (Cloud) backup software solution or,
  • Removable media (e.g. RDX) or tape drive (e.g. LTO) with approved backup software (i.e. Microsoft Windows System Backup, Symantec System Recovery, Acronis Backup & Recovery Altaro Hyper-V Backup 

For low volume (e.g. single user systems):

  • Removeable media (e.g. USB memory stick, Optical RW drive).

Plus:

 

 

Network Protocols

 

  • TCP/IP.

 

Email integration

  • SMTP compliant server (recommended) e.g. Microsoft Exchange Server or;
  • MAPI client (Microsoft Outlook).

Note that if MAPI is used, a local installation of Microsoft Outlook (2003 or later) is required on the client environment in which the axis diplomat client is running (e.g. a user's workstation or Windows Terminal Services / Remote Desktop). Please note that 64 bit versions of Microsoft Outlook are not supported.

 

Contact Synchronisation

 

  • Microsoft Exchange 2014
  • Microsoft Exchange 2010
  • Microsoft Exhange 2007 Service Pack 1 (or later).

 

ODBC Database

 

For axis diplomat 2014 SBE (Small Business Edition) one of the following database products must be installed (please note that axis diplomat 2014 SBE will not run with SQL Express):

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005

 

For axis diplomat 2014 Express one of the following database products must be installed:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  • Microsoft SQL Express 2012*
  • Microsoft SQL Express 2008*
  • Microsoft SQL Express 2005*

* If you intend to use Microsoft SQL Express, please check the Microsoft documentation to ensure that limitations on this edition of SQL do not render it unsuitable for your system. axisfirst recommends SQL Express for use in conjunction with axis diplomat 2014 express edition only. Microsoft SQL Express 2008 is limited to support for 1 physical processor, 1 GB memory, and 4 GB storage.

 

Microsoft Office integration features

 

Document templates & Office automation features:

  • Microsoft Office Word 2014 (32 bit) *
  • Microsoft Office Word 2010 (32 bit) *
  • Microsoft Office Word 2007
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003

Note that a local installation of Microsoft Word is required on the client environment in which the axis diplomat client is running (e.g. a user's workstation or Windows Terminal Services / Remote Desktop).

* axis first does not support the use of Microsoft Office 64 bit. Please refer to the Microsoft article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee681792.aspx for details regarding some of the issues.

Integrated Excel Reports

  • Microsoft Office Excel 2014 (32 bit) *
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2010 (32 bit) *
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2007

Note that a local installation of Microsoft Excel is required on the client environment in which the axis diplomat client is running (e.g. a user's workstation or Windows Terminal Services / Remote Desktop).

* axis first does not support the use of Microsoft Office 64 bit. Please refer to the Microsoft article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee681792.aspx for details regarding some of the issues.

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