Software

Windows Server

• Any edition of Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012 or 2016 either x86 or x64.
• Hosting Controller uses SQL Server to host its database. You may use any edition of SQL Server 2005/2008/2012/2014. SQL Server Express edition is free and can be downloaded from Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/express/sql/download/. The SQL Server collation requirement for HC database is "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"
• IIS6, IIS7 or IIS8 must be installed on web servers.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or above. In case of Windows Server 2012 both .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.5 are required.
• HC Windows License.

Hardware

Windows Server 

• Any typical processor with minimum 1GB RAM and 40GB shared hard drive should be reasonable to start with.
• Local or Remote Desktop access with administrative rights to install the software and manage the server.
• Must have at least one dedicated IP address assigned to server.

• For servers with DNS roles, a supported DNS Server should be installed from the list of HC supported software for DNS.
• For servers with Mail roles, a supported Mail Server should be installed from the list of HC supported software for Mail.
• HC supports a distributed environment. Service providers can use their Web, Mail, DNS and Database servers on separate servers including Linux systems. However you may choose to run all services from single server as well.
• Your server must be connected to the internet so it can communicate with HC activation server.