Prerequisites

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Before you start the installation, please make sure you have the following software installed:

•	Operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, or Vista, Microsoft Windows Server 2000, 2003 or 2008

•	Web server: Internet Information Services (IIS) or Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 or Visual Web Developer 2005 or 2008.

•	Database server: Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The database server can be installed on a remote server.

•	Development tools: Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 or Visual Web Developer 2005 or 2008.

Required experience

Although Kentico CMS allows you to create dynamic web sites without programming, you may need to create custom web parts or to add custom code when developing a more complex web site. You should be able to create a simple application in ASP.NET 2.0 using Visual Studio 2005 and have some experience with relational databases and SQL, so that you can leverage the flexibility of Kentico CMS.