Day: August 2, 2022

Installing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 1 On-premise Demo: System Requirements

Ian Grieve2 minute read0 comment

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralThis post is part of the Installing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 1 On-premise Demo series in which I am creating a demo series for learning/demonstrating Business Central.

The full system requirements for Business Central are available on Microsoft Docs. In this post, I’m listing out the requirements for running Business Central in an offline learning/demo environment; I will be missing some functionality, such as that around email, but am concentrating on the core functionality.

The below is not the configuration you’d be using for a full production installation, but only for a more limited test/demo system.

Server

Specification Requirement
Supported operating systems
  • Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (64-bit edition).
  • Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or Education (64-bit edition).
  • Windows Server 2022 (Datacenter, Standard).
  • Windows Server 2019 (Datacenter, Standard).
  • Windows Server, version 20H2 or later (Datacenter, Standard).
Hardware resources
  • Hard disk space: 2 GB.
  • Memory: 8 GB.
Additional software
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.
Additional information Business Central Setup installs the following software if it’s not already present on the target computer:

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
  • Windows Identity Foundation.
  • Report Builder for SQL Server 2019.

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