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WebWorkbench Web Workbench provides a web browser based user interface for accessing the Workbench database. It has additional server requirements over the standard Workbench server installation.

Server Operating System

The WebWorkbench supported server operating system should beare:

• Windows Server

  2008

  2012

• Windows Server 2012 R2

• Windows Server

  2012

  2016

• Windows Server

  2012 R2

  2019

• Windows Server

  2016

  2022

.NET Framework

WebWorkbench Web Workbench requires at least .NET framework 4.68. 2.  This This is not included with Windows 2008 or 2012 R2 installed by default before Windows Server 2022 and will need to be downloaded and installed separately. 

Internet Information Services (IIS)

IIS is the built-in Web Server included with Windows Server Operating Systems. WebWorkbench Web Workbench is compatible with the following versions:

• IIS

  7.5IIS

  8.0

• IIS 8.5

• IIS 10

Windows Features

The following Windows Features need to be installed as part of the IIS role installation:

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Application Development

.NET Extensibility 4.5 or higher
ASP.NET 4.5 or higher
ISAPI Extensions
ISAPI Filters

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IIS Management Console
IIS Management Scripts and Tools

Hardware Requirements

Even though IIS can run on the same server as the SQL Server and/or the Workbench Server, however, it is recommended to host IIS on it's its own separate, secure , server if WebWorkbench Web Workbench is made accessible from over the internet.

Recommended specifications for a physical stand-alone IIS Web Server:

• 4+ Cores Intel Xeon E5-2600 v1 series

  (and above)

  or similar AMD

  Processor *

  processors

• 4GB

  8+

  DDR3 /

  GB DDR4 RAM

  (recommended: 8GB+)

• Hard Disk OS + Application > 70GB (

  recommended:

  RAID 1 SSD

  )
• 2 Network Cards
• Redundant Power Supplies

  recommended)

* Cores are specified as Workbench can run on a Virtual Machine.

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

WebWorkbench requires SSRS to render reports in the web browser. In most cases SSRS is installed on the same host as the SQL Server, although it may also be installed on a separate server if using non-Express versions of SQL Server.

WebWorkbench can work without SSRS being setup except users will not be able to view reports via the web browser.

See the Microsoft SQL Server section information about SSRS requirements..

Workbench Version

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Workbench MDE Version

Workbench database schema (MDE) version must be updated to 7.41.3.0 before Web Workbench can be installed.

PowerShell

PowerShell v4v5.0 should be usable + is required by the Workbench administrator for deployment.

External Access

Web Workbench is a .NET web application. A public domain name and a valid web certificate are required to enable secure HTTPS protocol that allows secure external access to Web Workbench on public networks. For on-premise installations, it is up to client IT to organise and manage the domain name and certificate, as well as the network infrastructure that directs user requests to the web server.