System Requirements, Server Spec and Sizing
Supported Browsers
SquaredUp DS works best with the latest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Safari on desktop & mobile.
Internet Explorer is not supported on SquaredUp DS v5 and above. Older browsers may show a blank page.
SquaredUp DS web server
- Ideally, provision a new server dedicated to hosting SquaredUp DS. Alternatively, install it on an existing Web Console Server.
- For SquaredUp DS v5.3 and above: x64 Windows Server 2016 or above, or Windows 10.
- For SquaredUp DS v4.6 and above: x64 Windows Server 2016 or above
- .NET Framework 4.7.2 * (To install this the server needs an internet connection, so if the server is offline, you should download and install .NET 4.7.2 from here.)
- Windows IIS Web- roles *
- IIS URL Rewrite Module 2.0 *
Items marked with * will be automatically installed if required.
Server Sizing Guidelines
SquaredUp DS has no defined minimum requirements for installation, the following specifications are a guideline on how you may wish to set up your environment.
Environment | SquaredUp DSUsers | SquaredUp DSUsers | Virtual Machine Spec | Servers monitored by SCOM | CPU | Memory | Azure Equivalent | Load Balanced Instances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Lab | <10 | <3 | Standard B2ms | <100 | 1 | 2 GB | Standard A1 v2 | 1 |
Small Production | <10 | <10 | Standard DS2 v2 | 100 - 1000 | 2 | 4 GB | Standard A2 v2 | 1 |
Large Production | 10 - 100 | 10 - 100 | Standard DS3 v2 | 1000 - 5000 | 4 | 8 GB | Standard A4 v2 | 2 |
Very Large Production | >100 | >100 | Standard DS4 v2 | 5000 - 15000 | 8 | 16 GB | Standard A8 v2 | 2 or more |
When using Open Access (see Sharing Dashboards with anyone - Open Access) we recommend additional memory:
For Open Access on SquaredUp DS v5 we recommend you count each Open Access dashboard as the equivalent of an extra user, and add this to your user count when calculating the memory required using the table above.
PowerShell
Using PowerShell in SquaredUp DS requires PowerShell version 5.1 and above.
How to use the PowerShell tile
Windows IIS Features
- Web-Static-Content
- Web-Default-Doc
- Web-Http-Errors
- Web-ISAPI-Ext
- Web-ISAPI-Filter
- Web-Http-Logging
- Web-Windows-Auth
- Web-Filtering
- Web-Stat-Compression
- Web-Dyn-Compression
- Web-Mgmt-Console
- Web-Metabase
- Web-Asp-Net45
- Web-Net-Ext45