Operating Environment

PME supports the following environments and software:

NOTE: The operating system and SQL Server combination you choose must be supported by Microsoft. This applies to edition, version, and 32-/64-bit.

NOTE: Apply the latest updates to the operating system and database system before installing or upgrading PME.

Software	Supported Versions
Operating system*	Windows 10 Professional/Enterprise Windows 11 IoT Enterprise Windows 11 Professional/Enterprise Windows Server 2016 Standard Windows Server 2019 Standard Windows Server 2022 Standard Windows server 2019 Datacenter Windows server 2022 Datacenter
Database system**	SQL Server 2016 Express SQL Server 2017 Express SQL Server 2019 Express SQL Server 2022 Express (included with PME 2024 ) SQL Server 2016 Standard/Enterprise/Business Intelligence SQL Server 2017 Standard/Enterprise/Business Intelligence SQL Server 2019 Standard/Enterprise/Business Intelligence SQL Server 2022 Standard/Enterprise/Business Intelligence
Virtual environment***	VMWare Workstation 10 VMWare ESXi 7.0 Oracle Virtual Box 5.0.4 Microsoft Hyper-V from Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 Citrix XenServer 6.2 Parallels Desktop 10 QEMU-KVM
Microsoft Excel	Microsoft Excel 2016, 365
Desktop Web browser	Google Chrome version 100 Mozilla Firefox version support 128 Apple Safari versions 7 or 8 Microsoft Edge
Mobile Web browser	Safari on iOS8.3+ operating systems, Chrome on Android systems
.NET Framework	.NET 4.8

* For information on choosing an operating system, see Operating System considerations.

** PME includes a free version of SQL Server Express. You have the option to install this Express version during the installation of PME, if you don't want to use a different SQL Server. For information on the limitations when using SQL Server Express, see SQL Server considerations.

*** You must configure virtual environments with a supported Windows operating system and SQL Server edition. It is possible to mix virtual and non-virtual environments for PME server and clients.