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

The following table outlines the requirements for the Xtra Large System for PME.

Software	Supported Versions
Operating system	Windows Server 2019 Standard Windows Server 2022 Standard Windows server 2019 Datacenter Windows server 2022 Datacenter
Virtual environment	VMWare ESXi 7.0 Microsoft Hyper-V from Windows 10 QEMU-KVM
Microsoft Excel	Microsoft Excel 2016, 365
.NET Framework	.NET runtime 9.

* 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.