Snow Inventory Server 5

Application Server (Master Server)

Component	Requirements
Operating system	Microsoft Windows Server with Desktop Experience Note: Snow supports Windows Server versions and editions that have not reached end of mainstream support nor retirement. See the Microsoft Lifecycle Product End of Support overview page for details. For server-hardware requirements, please follow server recommendations for Snow License Manager 9.
Processor architecture	x64 (64-bit); Itanium-based systems are not supported.
Installed software	Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (required for Snow Update Service) Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 Microsoft PowerShell 4.0 or later (included in Windows Server 2012 R2 and later)
Server configuration	To enable Snow Update Service to download software updates, HTTPS outbound communication needs to be allowed on port 443.

Application Server (Service Gateway)

Component	Requirements
Operating System	Microsoft Windows Server with Desktop Experience Note: Snow supports Windows versions and editions that have not reached end of mainstream support nor retirement. See the Microsoft Lifecycle Product End of Support overview page for details. For server-hardware requirements, please follow server recommendations for Snow License Manager 9.
Processor architecture	x64 (64-bit); Itanium-based systems are not supported.
Installed software	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 To enable use of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 protocol for SHA512 certificates, install this update for the Windows operating system: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2973337/sha512-is-disabled-in-windows-when-you-use-tls-1-2

Component

Requirements

Operating System

Microsoft Windows Server with Desktop Experience

Note: Snow supports Windows versions and editions that have not reached end of mainstream support nor retirement. See the Microsoft Lifecycle Product End of Support overview page for details. For server-hardware requirements, please follow server recommendations for Snow License Manager 9.

Processor architecture

x64 (64-bit); Itanium-based systems are not supported.

Installed software

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5

To enable use of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 protocol for SHA512 certificates, install this update for the Windows operating system: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2973337/sha512-is-disabled-in-windows-when-you-use-tls-1-2

Database server

Component	Requirements
Operating system	Microsoft Windows Server Note: Snow supports Windows Server versions and editions that have not reached end of mainstream support nor retirement. See the Microsoft Lifecycle Product End of Support overview page for details. For server-hardware requirements, please follow server recommendations for Snow License Manager 9. Any other operating system that is supported by SQL Server, including Linux for SQL Server.
Processor architecture	x64 (64-bit); Itanium-based systems are not supported.
Database	Microsoft SQL Server Note: Snow supports Windows SQL Server versions and editions that have not reached end of extended support nor retirement; see exceptions below. See the Microsoft SQL Server end of support options page for details. Express editions not supported Case-sensitive collations not supported Availability groups for high availability (HA) not supported The Snow Inventory database and the Snow License Manager database need to use the same collation.
Database configuration	SQL Server authentication must be enabled.

Admin Console (Windows application only)

Component	Minimum requirements
Operating system	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, or 2016 Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10
RAM	4 GB or greater
Installed software	Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5

Component

Minimum requirements

Operating system

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, or 2016

Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10

RAM

4 GB or greater