Staging Environment

Notes: These requirements are for a standard system configuration. The actual configuration and number of machines will differ based on the use case, the number of files to be posted, the total number of users in the system, the number of concurrent users, and other factors. Please contact your sales representative for system requirements which address the specifics of your use case.

If you are working through a VPN and/or accessing Evolve from a remote location, we recommend an internet speed of at least 10 MbPS (for both download and upload speeds). We also recommend that any latency between your browser and the Evolve server be less than 100 milliseconds. Slower internet connections can cause performance issues and in some cases timeout errors.

Database details:

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines allows a customer to run SQL Server inside a virtual machine in the Azure cloud. It is supported with all versions of Evolve, from the first version (20.0) to the most current version.
Azure SQL Managed Instance is an IaaS offering from Microsoft which is supported with Evolve 20.2 and all subsequent versions.
Azure SQL Database is a PaaS offering built on standardized hardware and software that is owned, hosted, and maintained by Microsoft. Winshuttle does not support it and currently has no plans to support it.

Component	Evolve Server and Evolve Worker	SQL Server
Processor	64 bit	64 bit
Core	4	4
RAM	8 GB	8 GB
Storage	50 GB (free space on the application drive)	100 GB (for application data, log and temporary files)
OS	Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016	Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016
Network	IPV4	IPV4
Network Latency between servers	less than 1 MS	less than 1 MS
Network Speed (LAN)	1 GBPS	1 GBPS
Database	NA	Amazon RDS SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines SQL Server 2019 (64 bit) SQL Server 2017 (64 bit) Supported with SQL Server Always On
IIS	10.0	NA
SAP GUI	750 – patch 10 760 – patches 1 through 9	NA
.NET Framework	4.8.x	NA
Networking	TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2	TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2

Note: A high-availability setup can be created for this application by adding additional nodes and using a network load balancer. We have tested the F5 load balancer and it was successful; other load balancers should also work. We also support the SQL Always On capability of Microsoft SQL Server.

Considerations

The recommendations above will vary based on the complexity of the workflow solutions.
If the number of users or the load increases, the system requirements will also increase.
The storage requirements will increase based on the document size (the size of the Excel File and supporting documents, and/or the size of the Form and its attachments). The storage requirements will also increase according to the complexity of the workflow solution.
If you are using the staging system for performance testing, we recommend a system configuration which is equivalent to that of the production setup.
For staging, the best practice is to use the same deployment architecture you use for the production setup (with lower system requirements).
SQL server data must be purged or archived at regular intervals to avoid application issues. Based on your usage data, you can determine the frequency with which the SQL server data needs to be purged or archived.

Note: Please contact Winshuttle Customer Support with any questions.

Account Requirements

Accounts	Evolve Server
Installation Accounts	SQL Server Roles: DB Creator, Security Admin Application DB: DB Owner Server Machine Admin
Application Pool Account	Supported: Application Pool Identity, Network System, Custom Account Permissions provided by the installer: Application Folder -- Read and Execute Application Log Folder -- Read and write Application MSMQ -- Receive Message, Peak Message, Receive Journal Message, Get Queue Properties, Set Queue Properties, Get Queue Permissions, Change Queue Permissions, Take Queue Ownership, Write Message. Full Control permission is provided to the local machine Administrators group. Application DB -- WSDBAccessRole and WSDBReportRole Permissions on these roles: WSDB Access Role -- Connect, Select, Execute, Delete, Insert, Update, Create View, View Any Column Encryption Key Definition, View Any Column Master Key Definition WSDBReportRole -- Connect, Select,View Any Column Encryption Key Definition, View Any Column Master Key Definition

Accounts

Evolve Server

Installation
Accounts

SQL Server Roles: DB Creator, Security Admin
Application DB: DB Owner
Server Machine Admin

Application
Pool Account

Supported: Application Pool Identity, Network System, Custom Account

Permissions provided by the installer:

Application Folder -- Read and Execute
Application Log Folder -- Read and write
Application MSMQ -- Receive Message, Peak Message,
Receive Journal Message, Get Queue Properties, Set Queue Properties, Get Queue Permissions, Change Queue Permissions, Take Queue Ownership, Write Message. Full Control permission is provided to the local machine Administrators group.

Application DB -- WSDBAccessRole and WSDBReportRole

Permissions on these roles:
WSDB Access Role -- Connect, Select, Execute, Delete, Insert, Update, Create View, View Any Column Encryption Key Definition, View Any Column Master Key Definition

WSDBReportRole -- Connect, Select,View Any Column Encryption Key Definition, View Any Column Master Key Definition

Accounts	Evolve Worker
Installation Accounts	SQL Server Roles: DB Creator, Security Admin Application DB: DB Owner Server Machine Admin
Application Pool Account	Supported: Application Pool Identity, Network System, Custom Account Permissions provided by the installer: Application Folder -- Read and Execute Application Log Folder -- Read and write Application MSMQ -- Receive Message, Peak Message, Receive Journal Message, Get Properties, Set Properties, Get Permissions, Set Permissions, Take Ownership, and Send Message. Full Control permission is provided to the local machine Administrators group. Application DB -- WSDBAccessRole and WSDBReportRole

Accounts

Evolve Worker

Installation
Accounts

SQL Server Roles: DB Creator, Security Admin
Application DB: DB Owner
Server Machine Admin

Application
Pool Account

Additional Details

Component	Evolve Server	Evolve Worker	SQL Server
Ports	443, 80: By default, we use these ports for HTTPS and HTTP respectively. If we change these ports during the installation of Evolve Server, they must be valid and open. 25, 587: If Exchange is Outlook 2010, 2013 or 2016, we need port 25. If Exchange is Office 365 in the cloud, we need port 587. For Studio, if we use Custom Proxy Settings (Option->Proxy & Email), we will use the port specified there. 3300 – 3399: Use these ports to connect Evolve Worker RFC calls to the SAP server 135, 2101, 2103, 2105*: MSMQ listen and receive messages on these ports	3300 – 3399: Use these ports to connect Evolve Worker RFC calls to the SAP server. 135, 2101, 2103, 2105*: MSMQ listen and receive messages on these ports.	1433, 1434: Use these ports to connect to the Database Server from the Evolve Server and/or from the Evolve Worker.
IIS Authentication	For Windows Authentication - Enable Window Authentication and Anonymous For SAML 2.0 Authentication - Anonymous	For Windows Authentication - Enable Windows Authentication and Anonymous For SAML 2.0 Authentication - Anonymous
Certified SAML types	Azure, Auth0, OKTA	Azure, Auth0, OKTA
SAP Authentication	SAP Credentials SAP SSO	SAP Credentials SAP SSO
Browsers	Edge, Chrome, Firefox Added support for Chromium-based browsers
SSL Offloading	Supported	Supported
Server Roles and Features	.Net Framework 4.5/4.7/4.8 Features: ASP.NET 4.5/4.7/4.8 MSMQ Server Features: MSMQ Server Core MSMQ Active Directory Domain Services Integration IIS Features - Web Management Tools: IIS Management Console IIS Management Scripts and Tools IIS Management Services World Wide Web Services Application Development Features: .NET Extensibility 4.5/4.7/4.8 Application Initialization ASP.NET 4.5/4.7/4.8 ISAPI Extensions ISAPI Filters Common HTTP Features: Default Document Directory Browsing HTTP Errors HTTP Redirection Static Content Health and Diagnostics: Custom Logging HTTP Logging Logging Tools ODBC Logging Request Monitor Tracing Performance Features: Dynamic Content Compression Static Content Compression Security: Request Filtering Windows Authentication Note: We do not disable these features during the uninstall process.	Not applicable
Third-Party Software	Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native client VC++ redistributable. If not already installed, the following VC++ redistribution libraries will be installed with this installer: VC++ 2015-2019 (x64) VC++ 2008 (x64) VC++ 2010 (x64) VC++ 2013 (x64)	Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native client VC++ redistributable. If not already installed, the following VC++ redistribution libraries will be installed with this installer: VC++ 2008 (x64) VC++ 2010 (x64) VC++ 2013 (x64)
PowerShell	5.1	5.1
Certificates for HTTPS	Personal store and Web store certificates are supported. Domain and Wild card types certificates are supported.	Personal store and Web store certificates are supported. Domain and Wild card types certificates are supported.