4.2.4 Site server prerequisites

The following describes the OSs and software required for the site server.

OSs

A site server requires one of the OSs listed in the following table.

OS	Details
Windows 8	Windows 8 Enterprise
Windows 8	Windows 8 Pro
Windows Server 2012^#1	Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
Windows Server 2012^#1	Windows Server 2012 Standard
Windows 7^#2	Windows 7 Enterprise^#3
	Windows 7 Professional^#3
	Windows 7 Ultimate^#3
Windows Server 2008^#1	Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter^#3
	Windows Server 2008 Enterprise^#4
	Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V^#4
	Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise^#3
	Windows Server 2008 Standard^#4
	Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V^#4
	Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard^#3
Windows Server 2003	Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition^{#3, #4}
	Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition^{#3, #4}
	Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition^#4
	Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition^#4
	Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition^{#3, #4}
	Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition^{#3, #4}
	Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition^#4
	Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition^#4

#1: Server Core cannot be used as an installation option.

#2: XP mode is not supported.

#3: Includes Service Pack 1.

#4: Service Pack 2 is included.

Software

Because the online management agent must be installed, do not clear the following check boxes in the agent settings.