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This document is for system administrators, IT support and users of Topbar. It covers the technical aspects of the installation of Topbar on the clinic server.


Warning

Please note that Pen CS will discontinue support for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 from the 1st of July 2020. Microsoft has discontinued support for these products on the 14th of January 2020 and there will be no further security updates available from Microsoft for their discontinued products. Please update as soon as possible to avoid exposing your network to security risks. Updates from Windows 7 to Windows 10 are still available for free through the Microsoft website - here is an article describing the process: CNET article about Win10 update options

The specifications listed below are for up to five concurrent users, for larger clinics the specifications need to be established based on average server load.

Currently Topbar does not support deployment using Windows RemoteApps.

Whilst Topbar may function correctly, this is not currently an officially supported deployment scenario.

The Topbar database cannot be installed on a domain controller as Microsoft does not recommend installation of SQL Server on domain controllers. If your server is a domain controller, you will need to provide a different computer that meets the minimum specification to install Topbar.

Microsoft support link

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Server

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Item

Minimum

Recommended

Operating System

Windows Server 2012 (64 bit)

Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 bit

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) or higher

Processor

Intel Core i3-2100/Core i5-2300/Core i7-920

or AMD equivalents

Intel Core i7-2600/Xeon E5502 or better

or AMD equivalents

RAM

8GB

16GB

Hard Disk

1GB

10GB

Monitor

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.NET

4.6

2.0*

4.6

2.0*

SQL

(Topbar only)

Existing installations:

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 or SQL Server 2014 

New installations:

Microsoft SQL Server

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2016

Existing Installations:

Microsoft SQL Server

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2014

New installations:

Microsoft SQL Server

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2016




Network

100Mbit

1Gbit

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Client

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Item

Minimum

Recommended

Operating System

Windows 8

Windows 10 64 bit

Processor

Intel Core i3-530/Core i5-750/Core i7-860

or AMD equivalents

Intel Core i3-2100/Core i5-2300/Core i7-920

or better or AMD equivalents

RAM

4 GB

8GB

Hard Disk

1 GB

1GB

Monitor

17" running 1080p

22" running 1080p

.NET

4.6

2.0*

4.6

2.0*

Network

100Mbit

1Gbit

 




*Windows 8 and newer and Windows Server 2012 and newer don't have .net 2.0 activated by default. This can be activated in the Windows Features settings by clicking the.NET Framework 3.5 box as shown below: