Platform and System Requirements

.NET

All components using .NET target .NET 8.0 runtime. Depending on the component, it may require either the .NET Desktop or ASP.NET Core runtime.

Each File Dynamics package installer will install any necessary .NET system runtime. In cases where Internet access is not available, you must install the required .NET runtime as indicated below.

Package	.NET Edition
Engine	.NET 8.0 Desktop Runtime (latest release)
File System Agent Phoenix Agent AD Event Monitor Admin Client (Desktop)	.NET 8.0 Desktop Runtime (latest release)
Data Owner Client (Web Application)	Self-contained instance of .NET 8.0 ASP.NET Core Runtime

Supported Platforms

Component	Server	Notes
Engine AD Event Monitor Data Owner Web	Windows Server 2025 Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019
File System Agent Phoenix Agent	Windows Server 2025 Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016	Other servers such as Windows Server 2012 R2 and supported NAS devices that host Windows shares are supported via agent proxy access.
Admin Client (Desktop)	Windows 11 Windows 10 (64-bit) Windows Server 2025 Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019

Supported Databases

SQL Server

This release of File Dynamics requires an instance of Microsoft SQL Server. The following editions of SQL Server are supported with this release.

Supported SQL Server Versions

SQL Server 2022
SQL Server 2019

Supported SQL Server Editions

SQL Server Enterprise
SQL Server Standard
SQL Server Express

NOTE: Due to size restrictions with SQL Server Express, consider using SQL Server Standard or Enterprise for larger deployments.
See the following for more information:

CouchDB

File Dynamics 24.4 has been tested with the latest releases of CouchDB 3.3.x and 3.2.x.

NOTE: While previous versions may continue to work, we strongly recommend upgrading to a current supported version found on the CouchDB download site https://couchdb.apache.org/#download.