System Requirements

Minimum hardware and software requirements forSitecore Commerce 7.5, powered by Commerce Server and Commerce Server 11.1 .

Hardware Requirements

Hardware requirements listed in the following table apply to Sitecore Commerce 7.5, powered by Commerce Server and Commerce Server 11.1.

Table 1. Hardware Requirements
Component Requirement
Computer and processor

Server with processor speed of 2.5 GHz or higher.

Dual processor, 3 GHz or faster recommended
RAM

8 GB for developer or evaluation use

8 GB for production use
Storage NTFS file system-formatted partition with a minimum of 3 GB of free space
Operating System

Make sure you have selected the Windows Identity Foundation feature in your Windows Operating System.

Microsoft Windows 7 (development workstation, non-production environments only)

Microsoft Windows 8 (development workstation, non-production environments only)

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Database

Microsoft SQL Server 2014

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with Service Pack 1

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2

Software Requirements

Software requirements listed in the following table apply to Sitecore Commerce 7.5, powered by Commerce Server and Commerce Server 11.1 and includes extended specifications for solutions using a 3-Tier architecture.

Table 2. Software Requirements
Component Requirement
Data Tier, Application Tier and Presentation Tier Servers O/S
One of the following:
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2
Note: Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) must be enabled on data tier and application tier servers.
Note: WebDeploy1.1 is required on the application server hosting the Commerce Foundation. To download the WebDeploy 1.1, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=220469
Data Tier Server Database One of:
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with Service Pack 1 and Cumulative Update 2
Presentation Tier Server One of:
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010

Microsoft Silverlight 4 or Microsoft Silverlight 3 (available from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=217621) and the Silverlight Toolkit (available from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=178374). This is a prerequisite to use the Business Administration Ribbon that is integrated into the Solution Storefront site.

One of:
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 with Service Pack 1

Integration with Sitecore

Pre-requisites forSitecore Commerce 7.5, powered by Commerce Server and Commerce Server 11.1 , are Sitecore 7.5 or later and Sitecore Commerce Connect 7.5