Introduction Install the full InduSoft Web Studio software Install the full InduSoft Web Studio software on your Windows computer in order to develop IWS projects, or to use the computer as a project runtime server and/or thin client. To install and run the full InduSoft Web Studio software, you must have the following: • A Windows-compatible computer with a standard keyboard, a pointer input (i.e., a mouse, trackpad, or touchscreen), and an SVGA-minimum display; • One of the following Windows operating systems: • Windows: • Windows 10 (including LTSC/LTSB versions) • Windows 8.1 • Windows 7 Service Pack 1 • Windows Server:
• Windows Server 2016 • Windows Server 2012 R2 • Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 • Windows Embedded Standard: • Windows 10 IoT Enterprise (LTSC/LTSB version only) • Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro • .NET Framework 3.5 and .NET Framework 4.7.2 (see note below); • Windows Embedded Standard 7 Service Pack 1 • Internet Explorer 11 (not Microsoft Edge); • Minimum 2 GB available storage (hard drive or non-volatile); • Minimum 1 GB available memory (RAM); and • An Ethernet or Wi-Fi network adapter. We recommend the "Pro" and "Enterprise" editions of Windows, because they include Internet Information Services (IIS) as a pre-installed feature that can be turned on.
You can use IIS to make your projects accessible to thin clients and mobile devices. We do not recommend the "Home" and "Education" editions of Windows, because they hide or disable many important features. Only Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 are under what Microsoft calls "mainstream support", which means they are actively maintained and additional service packs might be released for them in the future. Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2008 R2 are under what Microsoft calls "extended support", which means they are no longer actively maintained. For more information, go to:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet You can install the full InduSoft Web Studio software on a Windows Embedded Standard device, as long as it meets the system requirements listed above, but if you do not plan to develop projects on that device then you should install EmbeddedView instead. For more information, see Install the project runtime software on a Windows Embedded device on page 22. Regardless of which version or edition of Windows you are using, you should make sure it is fully updated before you install InduSoft Web Studio. Updating Windows ensures that it has all of the latest security fixes and system components.
The operating system, storage, and memory requirements will necessarily increase for larger projects; the minimum requirements listed above are only for projects of up to 4,000 tags. The following table shows the complete requirements: Page 16