EA Client Software Requirements

The table below lists the software requirements for EA Client installations.

Type	Requirement
Operating System	Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows 8, 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows 10, 32-bit and 64-bit
Database Client	For Oracle or DB2, one configured ODBC data source name (DSN) per database instance. The database client must be .NET-enabled. Oracle database client requirements are as follows: For Windows Server 2008, Oracle 10g, Fix Pack 3, Oracle 11g For Windows 7, Oracle 11g
Pre-Requisite Software	Note: The pre-requisite software is automatically installed by the installer. Windows Installer 4.5 Primary Interoperability Assemblies 2005 1.0.0 Sentinel RMS License Manager .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Note: On Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012, .NET Framework is a feature and installing it is different from that on older versions. For information on how to enable it, see the Microsoft Support Blog. .Net Framework 4.0 Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable SP1 8.0_2.0.0 VisualC++ 2010 Redistributable 10.0_2.0.0 Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable 11.0.61030 SQL Server 2008 R2 Express (optional install, Windows 7 pre-SP1 only) SQL Server 2012 Express (optional install)
Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher (optional)	Required to view HTML report outputs.
Microsoft Office (optional)	Required by EA tools with reporting capabilities to save to Microsoft Office file formats. Excel is required for standard deviation charts in the Executive Report.
Microsoft Visio (optional)	Required to generate output as Microsoft Visio .VSD files. Note: Visio .VDX files are XML-based and may be generated without Visio being installed on the EA Client.
JRE 7 or higher (optional)	Required for Java parsing.