Please note the following system requirements to install and use DocuWare 6.9:
Upgrade Path
An upgrade to DocuWare 6.9 is possible from DocuWare 6.0 or higher.
See also: Upgrade Paths for DocuWare 6.9
DocuWare Server and Web Components
- CPU Cores: minimum 2 x 2,0 GHz, recommended 4 x 3,2 GHz
- RAM: minimum 4 GB, recommended 8 GB
- Hard disk:
- minimum 5 GB free space
- SSD recommended
- Documents should be stored on a separate internal hard drive or external storage System
Database
- DocuWare Internal Database:
- CPU Cores: minimum 2 x 1,4 GHz, recommended 2 x 3,2 GHz
- RAM: minimum 1 GB
- DocuWare recommends the use of Microsoft SQL-Server as Database system for Systems with more than 1 Million documents (without Fulltext) or with more the 200.000 document pages (with Fulltext).
- DocuWare recommends the use of Microsoft SQL-Server or MySQL 64 Bit as Database when using Workflow Manager.
- In larger installations we recommend to use a dedicated machine for the database
- MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle:
System Requirements of database vendor must be followed
Fulltext
- DocuWare Fulltext Service (required for searching in the full text of the documents):
- CPU Cores: minimum 1 x 1,4 GHz, recommended 2 x 3,2 GHz
- RAM: minimum 1 GB, recommended 2 GB
- In larger installations we recommend to use a dedicated machine for Fulltext.
Examples
DocuWare 6.9, all Server- and Web Components incl. Internal Database on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard, without Fulltext:
- Minimal Requirements:
- CPU Cores: 2 x 2,0 GHz (DocuWare) + 2 x 1,4 GHz (Internal Database) = 4 x 2,0 GHz
- RAM: 4 GB (DocuWare) + 1 GB (Internal Database) = 5 GB
- Recommended Resources:
- CPU Cores: 4 x 3,2 GHz (DocuWare) + 2 x 3,2 GHz (Internal Database) = 6 x 3,2 GHz
- RAM: 8 GB (DocuWare) + 1 GB (Internal Database) = 9 GB
DocuWare 6.9, all Server- and Web Components incl. Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard Version on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard, with Fulltext:
- Minimal Requirements:
- CPU Cores: 2 x 2,0 GHz (DocuWare) + 2 x 1,4 GHz (MS SQL Server) + 1,4 GHz (Fulltext) = 5 x 2,0 GHz
- RAM: 4 GB (DocuWare) + 1 GB (MS SQL Server) + 1 GB (Fulltext) = 6 GB
- Recommended Resources:
- CPU Cores: 4 x 3,2 GHz (DocuWare) + 2 x 2,0 GHz (MS SQ Server) + 2 x 3,2 GHz (Fulltext) = 8 x 3,2 GHz
- RAM: 8 GB (DocuWare) + 4 GB (MS SQL Server) + 2GB (Fulltext) = 14 GB
- Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit/64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2012 SP1
- Windows Server 2012 R2
Only in Single-User mode:
- Windows 7 SP1 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (32-bit/64-bit)
- Windows 8 Pro/Enterprise (32-bit/64-bit)
- Windows 8.1 Pro/Enterprise (32-bit/64-bit)
- Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise (32-bit/64-bit)
DocuWare Server Setup installs following components automatically:
- .NET Framework v4.5.2
- Windows Installer 4.5
- Java 8 Update 45 (Fulltext Server)
- Visual C++ redistributable packages
- 2005 (x86)
- 2008 (x86/x64)
- 2010 (x86/x64)
- 2012 (x86/x64)
- Microsoft Message Queuing
Supported external Database Servers
- MySQL
- 5.0
- 5.6
- 5.7
- MS SQL Server
- 2005
- 2008
- 2012
- 2014
- ORACLE
- 11g
- 12c
- ODAC 11.2.0.1.2 32bit or a higher 11.2.x.x.x 32bit Version
Supported storage systems for document files
DocuWare BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL, ENTERPRISE
- Windows
- Linux
- SUN
- Novell
- Others with Windows file system support
DocuWare ENTERPRISE
- Content Addressed Storage (CAS)
- NetApp Storage Solutions
Connect to Mail
- Microsoft Exchange
- 2007
- 2010
- 2013
- Office 365
- IMAP mail Server
DocuWare Web Components
Please install role Webserver (IIS) before installing DocuWare
- minimum version IIS 7
- see also How to install IIS on Server 2012 (R2)
Webserver Role Services
Installing role Webserver (IIS) will install following Role Services by Default:
- Basic Authetication (Security)
- Default document
- Static Content
DocuWare Server Setup installs following Role Services automatically:
- ASP.NET (4.5)
- HTTP Redirect
- Windows Authentication
Install following Role Service to obtain better Performance:
- WebSocket Protocol (available with IIS 8)
DocuWare Server Setup installs following components automatically:
- Windows Features
- .NET Framework 4.5 Features
- WCF Activation/Services
- HTTP-Activation
DocuWare Client Components
- CPU Cores: minimum 2 x 2,0 GHz, recommended 4 x 3,2 GHz
- RAM: minimum 4 GB, recommended 8 GB
- Hard disk: minimum 2 GB Hard disk space for programs
DocuWare Import/Scan
- CPU Cores: minimum 4 x 3,2 GHz
- RAM: minimum 8 GB
- Windows 7 SP1 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (32-bit/64-bit)
- Windows 8 Pro/Enterprise (32-bit/64-bit)
- Windows 8.1 Pro/Enterprise (32-bit/64-bit)
- Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise (32-bit/64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit/64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2012 SP1
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- .NET Framework v4.5
- Windows Features
- Desktop Experience (If DocuWare Desktop is installed on a Windows Server)
- Silverlight 5 (DocuWare Configuration)
DocuWare Desktop Setup installs following components automatically:
- Windows Installer 4.5
- Visual C++ redistributable packages
- 2005 (x86)
- 2008 (x86/x64)
- 2010 (x86/x64)
- 2012 (x86/x64)
- Internet Explorer
- 10
- 11
- Edge
- Mozilla Firefox
- 31.5.0esr
- 38.1.0esr
- 41+
- Google Chrome
- min. 32.0
- 46+
Supported Microsoft Office Outlook versions
Connect to Outlook
- Microsoft Outlook 2007 32-bit
- Not supported on Windows Terminal Server
- Exchange Cache Mode needs to be enabled on all client pcs
- Microsoft Outlook 2010 32-bit
- On Terminal Servers the functions "send and store" and "manual storage using monitored folders" is not supported
- Exchange Cache Mode needs to be enabled on all client pcs
- Microsoft Outlook 2013 32-bit
- On Terminal Servers the functions "send and store" and "manual storage using monitored folders" is not supported
- Exchange Cache Mode needs to be enabled on all client pcs
- Microsoft Outlook 2016 32-bit
- 64-bit versions not supported.
- Only Exchange E-Mail accounts supported.