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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
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
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
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

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