Software Requirements

The following are the software requirements for Netwrix Data Classification installation:

Operating System

• Windows 2012 R2 and above Server Operating System Software.

Windows Features

• Web Server Role (IIS)
• Common HTTP Features:
  • Default Document
  • HTTP Errors
  • Static Content
  • HTTP Redirection
• Security:
  • Windows Authentication
  • Anonymous Authentication

note

The Anonymous Authentication element is included in the default installation of IIS 7. Ensure you use IIS 7 and above.

• Application Development:
  • ISAPI Extensions
  • ISAPI Filters
• Other features:
  • .NET Framework Features:
    • .NET Framework 4.7.2
    • ASP.NET
  • WCF Services:
    • HTTP Activation
    • Named Pipe Activation

note

To activate these features, select them under .Net Framework Advanced Services - WCF Services from Windows Features.

SQL Server

• SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (or later).
• SQL Server 2016 SP2 recommended (for better performance).

note

For large environments, SQL Server Enterprise edition may be needed; see Deployment Planning.

Visual Studio

• Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2015 and above.

Other Software

Antivirus

• Netwrix recommends adding NDC Index files to the list of exclusions (white list) of any installed antivirus. These files have .CSE extension.