Platform and System Requirements

.NET

All components using .NET target .NET 8.0 runtime. Depending on the component, it may require either the .NET Desktop or ASP.NET Core runtime.

Each File Dynamics package installer will install any necessary .NET system runtime. In cases where Internet access is not available, you must install the required .NET runtime as indicated below.

Package .NET Edition
  • Engine

  • .NET 8.0 Desktop Runtime (latest release)

  • File System Agent

  • Phoenix Agent

  • AD Event Monitor

  • Admin Client (Desktop)

  • .NET 8.0 Desktop Runtime (latest release)

  • Data Owner Client
    (Web Application)

  • Self-contained instance of .NET 8.0 ASP.NET Core Runtime

Supported Platforms

Component Server Notes
  • Engine

  • Data Owner Web

  • Windows Server 2022

  • Windows Server 2019

  • File System Agent

  • Phoenix Agent

  • Windows Server 2022

  • Windows Server 2019

  • Windows Server 2016

Other servers such as Windows Server 2012 R2 and supported NAS devices that host Windows shares are supported via agent proxy access.

  • AD Event Monitor

  • Windows Server 2022

  • Windows Server 2019

  • Admin Client (Desktop)

  • Windows Server 2022

  • Windows Server 2019

  • Windows 11

    Windows 10 (64-bit)

Supported Databases

SQL Server

This release of File Dynamics requires an instance of Microsoft SQL Server. The following editions of SQL Server are supported with this release.

Supported SQL Server Versions

  • SQL Server 2022

  • SQL Server 2019

Supported SQL Server Editions

  • SQL Server Enterprise

  • SQL Server Standard

  • SQL Server Express

NOTE: Due to size restrictions with SQL Server Express, consider using SQL Server Standard or Enterprise for larger deployments.
See the following for more information:

CouchDB

File Dynamics 24.3 has been tested with the latest releases of CouchDB 3.3.x and 3.2.x.

NOTE: While previous versions may continue to work, we strongly recommend upgrading to a current supported version found on the CouchDB download site https://couchdb.apache.org/#download.