System Requirements for Versions 1.0 and 1.1

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To ensure adequate performance, the .NET Framework has the following minimum and recommended system requirements for client and server applications.

Operating System Requirements

The .NET Framework is supported on the following platforms.

Scenario	Operating system
Client	Microsoft® Windows® 98 Windows 98 Second Edition Windows Millennium Edition Microsoft Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 6.0a or later Windows NT Server 4.0 with Service Pack 6.0a or later Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows 2000 Datacenter Server (version 1.1) Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 family (version 1.1) Note On all these systems, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later and Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 or later are also required.
Server	Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 2.0 Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 2.0 Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 2.0 Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with Service Pack 2.0 (version 1.1) Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 family (version 1.1)

Additional Software Requirements

To use additional features such as ASP.NET, COM+ services, and the .NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server, you need the following additional software.

Scenario	Feature	Required software
Client	.NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server	Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.6 or later
	Access to system management information	Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) (installed with operating system on Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition, and Windows XP)
	COM+ services	Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.0
Server	.NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server	Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.7
	ASP.NET	Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0

Hardware Requirements

Scenario	Required processor	Recommended processor	Required RAM	Recommended RAM
Client (Windows Forms and Windows Services)	Pentium 90 megahertz (MHz)*	Pentium 90 MHz or faster	32 megabytes (MB)*	96 MB or higher
Server	Pentium 133 MHz*	Pentium 133 MHz or faster	128 MB*	256 MB or higher

*Or the minimum required by the operating system, whichever is higher.

See Also

Concepts

System Requirements for Version 2.0

NIB: Version Compatibility

Other Resources

.NET Framework System Requirements

Product Information