Small Business Manager System Requirements

You want a stable and reliable business management system that will grow with your business. Microsoft® Great Plains Small Business Manager gives you the technologically advanced stable, reliable environment you expect, backed by award-winning training and support.

Listed here you’ll find the system requirements for Small Business Manager. These minimum requirements will yield a functional level of performance. Higher levels of performance can be attained with hardware upgrades.

Database Requirements

Small Business Manager is compatible with Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000 Desktop Engine or Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Unless you specify otherwise, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine is installed as the database during installation. To use an existing Microsoft SQL Server 2000 installation with Small Business Manager, you must use dictionary order, case-insensitive sort order. Contact www.Systems4Accounting.com or customer support if you need further assistance.

Following are some quick facts about MSDE 2000:

MSDE 2000 uses one CPU
Each database has a 2-gigabyte (GB) data limit, roughly the amount used by one company.
Built-in scaling factors are included to limit the performance of MSDE 2000 based on connections and data loads.
No built-in user interface exists for MSDE 2000.
An MS-DOS-based command-line version of Independent SQL (iSQL) is included.
MSDE 2000 supports Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 6 or later), Microsoft Windows Me, or Microsoft Windows 98.
To integrate with Windows Explorer and MapPoint, you must use Microsoft Windows XP.

Client Requirements

The following operating systems can be used: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows Me, or Windows 98. You also will need to have Internet Explorer 5.5 or later installed and turn on File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.

System	Minimum
Processor:	PC with 300 MHz processor clock speed required; Intel Pentium/Celeron family, AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended.
Hard Disk Space:	175 MB free
RAM:	64 MB or 128 MB for Windows 2000 or Windows NT
Video:	SVGA (800x600) with 16-bit video driver
Network Card:	32-bit, 10/100 MB Ethernet.

Server Requirements

Any of the following operating systems can be used: Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Edition Service Pack 6a, Windows NT 4.0 Server Edition Service Pack 6a, Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 1 (or later), Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 1 (or later), Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 1 (or later), Microsoft® Small Business Server, Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Datacenter Server Service Pack 1 (or later), Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 1 (or later), and Windows XP (all versions). You will also need to have Internet Explorer 5.5 or later installed and turn on File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.

System	Minimum
Processor:	PC with 300 MHz processor clock speed required; Intel Pentium/Celeron family, AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended.
Hard Disk Space:	500 MB + space for accounting data
RAM:	128 MB for first 4 users, + 16 MB for each additional user
Video:	SVGA (800x600) with 16-bit video driver

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