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Note: this section is for the legacy desktop version, and is no longer required for new web only installations.

There are several considerations for the Workbench Server Environment.

Microsoft Window Server Operating System

The supported Windows Server versions:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (End of Life imminent)Microsoft 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 20122016Microsoft
  • Windows Server 2012 R22019
  • Microsoft Windows Server 20162022

.NET Framework 4.6.2 or higher will need to be installed on the server, which is a pre-requisite for SQL Server 2016 and later8 is required. This needs to be installed separately in earlier versions before Windows Server 2022.

Network

It is required to install Workbench into a Windows Active Directory Domain. In this configuration, Users users are granted access to the Workbench Application Share and the Workbench databases via Active Directory user security groups. This allows users to log into Workbench and SQL Server using their Windows Domain credentials.

Workbench is not supported in a 'Workgroup', or peer-to-peer network (computers connected in a non-domain network).

Email

Workbench can send email via SMTP, which is dependent on the emailing engine in WebWorkbench, or via Microsoft Outlook from the desktop MDE program.

Custom SMTP servers can be specified in WebWorkbench configurations.

Workbench Users (Active Directory Security) Group

The recommended configuration is to create a 'Workbench_Users' Active Directory (Global) Security group, which Workbench user (Active Directory) accounts are added tooto. The required system permissions are then assigned to the user group. The Workbench Users group is normally granted needs access to the Workbench Application Share, SQL Server, and other Workbench components.

Workbench Application Share

The Workbench server hosts the Workbench Application folder, which is shared on the networkApplication Share is a network shared folder that stores Workbench components and file attachments generated by the application. This folder needs to be accessible to the all Workbench client PC's / users , and other Workbench components if they are hosted on different servers.

PowerShell

PowerShell v5.0 should be usable or higher is required by the Workbench administrator to install and maintain Workbench.