Overview

The article explains the software requirements and other necessary settings to ensure a successful deployment of GFI Archiver.

Information

The requirements for GFI Archiver are covered in four parts:

• Supported Operating Systems
• Supported Mail Servers
• Supported Databases
• Other Components

Make sure you check the following requirements before you install GFI Archiver.

Supported Operating Systems

Install GFI Archiver on any 64-bit versions of the Operating Systems listed below:

Operating System	Supported Editions
Windows® Server 2016	Standard, Essentials, Datacenter & Hyper-V® Environments
Windows® Server 2012 R2	Standard, Essentials, Datacenter & Hyper-V® Environments
Windows® Server 2012	Standard, Essentials, Datacenter & Hyper-V® Environments
Windows® Server 2008 R2	Standard, Enterprise & Hyper-V® Environments
Windows® Small Business Server 2011	Standard & Premium Editions

Supported Mail Servers

GFI Archiver works with any of the mail servers listed below:

• Microsoft^® Exchange Server 2007 or later
• IMAP compatible mail servers (with the journaling-like feature)
• Microsoft^® Office 365
• Kerio Connect
• Google Apps for Business™

Supported Databases

GFI Archiver supports the database backends listed below:

Supported Database	Description
SQL Server®2005 or later (including SQL Server®Express editions)	Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft SQL Server Express is recommended for all organizations. Microsoft SQL Server (or Microsoft SQL Server Express) is not included with the GFI Archiver installation and needs to be installed as a separate process.
Firebird - for evaluation purposes only	An open source database is used for evaluation purposes and bundled with GFI Archiver. Recommended for evaluation purposes only for organizations with less than 50 email users and with an average mail flow of up to 2500 per day.

Other Required Components

Component	Description
Microsoft .NET® Framework 4.0 or 4.5	Download .NET Framework 4.5 from the Microsoft Download Center. Important: After installing Microsoft .NET® Framework 4.0 or 4.5, restart the machine.
ASP.NET® 4.0 or 4.5	NA
Internet Information Services (IIS®) 7.0 or later	Including SMTP & World Wide Web services.
Internet browser	Internet Explorer® 8 or later, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari®
Microsoft® Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.6 or higher
Microsoft® Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1	Required (unless Outlook® 2007 32-bit or later is installed or GFI Archiver is installed with Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007). Go to the Microsoft Download Center to download.
Domain functional level	2003 onwards