Hardware Requirements
512 MB of RAM, or higher if required by the operating system
1 GB RAM minimum (2-4 GB recommended) for Windows Vista,Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 (all editions), and Windows Server 2008 (all editions)
900 MB of free space on the hard disk
Operating System Requirements
32-bit machines
Window 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server/Datacenter Server with Service Pack 3 or later
Windows XP Home/XP Professional/XP Embedded with Service Pack 1 or later
Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition/Datacenter Edition/Storage Edition/Web Edition
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition/Datacenter Edition/Storage Edition/Web Edition
Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition/Datacenter Edition/Storage Edition/Web Edition
Windows Vista (all x86 versions and Service Packs)
Windows Server 2008 Standard/Windows Server 2008 Enterprise/Windows Server 2008 Datacenter/Windows Storage Server 2008/Windows Web Server 2008 (all Service Packs supported). Core installations are supported.
Windows 7 (All x86 versions)
Windows 8 (All x86 versions)
Windows 10 (All x86 versions)
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs
Windows Small Business Server 2000/Windows Small Business Server 2003
Mac OS X 10.4 – 10.6
64-bit machines
XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or later
Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition/Datacenter Edition/Storage Edition/Web Edition
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition/Datacenter Edition/Storage Edition/Web Edition
Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition/Datacenter Edition/Storage Edition/Web Edition
Windows Vista (all x64 versions and Service Packs)
Windows 7 (all x64 versions)
Windows 8 (All x64 versions)
Windows 10 (All x64 versions)
Windows Server 2008 Standard/Windows Server 2008 Enterprise/Windows Server 2008 Datacenter/Windows Storage Server 2008/Windows Web Server 2008 (all Service Packs and R2 supported). Core installations are supported.
Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Edition/Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Premium Edition (all Service Packs and R2 supported)
Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard Edition/Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition (all Service Packs and R2 supported)
Mac OS X 10.6
Memory
32-bit machines
256 MB RAM minimum (1 GB recommended) for Windows XP,Windows XP Embedded, and Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs
1 GB RAM minimum (2-4 GB recommended) for Windows Vista,Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 (all editions) and Windows Server 2008 (all editions)
64-bit machines
1 GB RAM minimum (2-4 GB recommended) for most systems
4 GB RAM minimum for all editions of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008
Processors (Note: Itanium processors are not supported):
32-bit processor : 1-GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent minimum for most systems
64-bit processor : 2-GHz Pentium 4 with x86-64 support or equivalent minimum.
2 GHz for Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition
2.5 GHz for Essential Business Server 2008 Premium Edition
1 GHz on x64 works only with the following processors:
Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support
Intel Pentium IV with Intel EM64T support
AMD 64-bit Opteron
AMD 64-bit Athlon
Hard Disk
32-bit : 600MB
64-bit : 700MB
Display
VGA (640 x 480) or higher resolution adapter and monitor
XGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution adapter and monitor