Content Porter prerequisites
This topic describes the software that the Content Porter client software requires and supports.
Install Content Porter client on a machine that contains the following software components:
- Operating system
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SDL Web 8.5 requires one of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:
- Microsoft Windows 10 (x86)
- Microsoft Windows 10 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 (x86)
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (x86)
- Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)
The following versions of Microsoft Windows are also supported, but support is deprecated:- Microsoft Windows 8 (x86)
- Microsoft Windows 8 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (x86)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (x64)
- Virtual machines: Microsoft .NET Framework
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SDL Web 8.5 requires the following version of the Microsoft .NET Framework:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2
The following version of the Microsoft .NET Framework is also supported, but support is deprecated:- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2
- SDL Web or SDL Tridion
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The client does not require SDL Web or SDL Tridion in order to run, but in order to perform an export, import or undo, it must interact with a Content Manager instance of one the following SDL Web or SDL Tridion releases:
- SDL Web 8.5
- SDL Web 8
- SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 HR1
You can use the browser-based ClickOnce installer to install the client wizard from a Content Manager Explorer user interface, but only if the interface sits on top of SDL Web 8.5.
- Other
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The client also requires the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable. You can download the Redistributable from this location: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555