The following configurations are supported by Kentico CMS. Other configurations have not been tested, but may be functional.

Server-side Requirements

 

•Windows Vista Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/Ultimate, Windows 7 (both 32bit and 64bit) or Windows 8 (both 32bit and 64bit), or Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012.

•Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or 4.0 or higher.

•Microsoft Internet Information Services (see the table below) or Visual Studio/Visual Web Developer 2008/2010/2012 built-in web server.

•Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 (including free SQL Server Express Edition 2005/2008/2012).

 

Internet Information Services overview

 

 

It's recommended to install IIS with all its available features.

 

Hosting Requirements

 

•ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 (or higher) and Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008/2012 support.

•Medium-trust or full-trust permissions for the ASP.NET application.

•If the server uses medium trust, ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 must be installed on the server.

•If the application uses .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and is hosted in a medium trust environment, it is necessary to have Microsoft Chart Controls installed on the server.

•It's recommended that your hosting plan comes with 250 MB or more memory and 100+ MB database.

 

You can use your favorite hosting provider or choose from our hosting partners.

 

Windows Azure

 

Kentico CMS fully supports the Microsoft Windows Azure platform, including SQL Azure, Azure Storage and other services. Windows Azure SDK 1.7 is required.

 

Development Tools

 

If you want to create custom web parts or integrate custom code, you need Visual Studio 2008/2010/2012 or free Visual Web Developer 2008/2010/2012  Express Edition.

 

External utilities

 

Kentico AD Import Utility, Kentico Import Toolkit, Kentico Installation Manager, Kentico Hotfix and Upgrade utility and Kentico Service Manager require .NET Framework 3.5 to run.

 

Supported Client Browsers for Content Editors

 

•Internet Explorer 8, 9

•Firefox 4.0+

•Chrome 12

•Safari 4.0+ or Firefox 4.0+ on Mac OS

 

Supported Client Browsers for Site Visitors

 

•Internet Explorer 6.0+

•Firefox 1.0.5+

•Chrome 12+

•Mozilla 1.7.1+

•Netscape 7.1+

•Opera 7.52+

•Safari or Firefox on Mac OS

•Mobile browsers, such as Safari on iPhone, are supported as well, but some features may be limited by browser capabilities.

 

(the visitor browser requirements also depend on the functionality used on the website)