CCH Software System Requirements Standalone 10 th November 2017 Information Fee Protection Software Magazines Professional Development
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Contents Overview 1 Notes & Warnings 2 General Recommendations 2 Unsupported Environments 2 End of Life 2 System Requirements 3 CCH Central 3 CCH Audit Automation, CCH Insolvency, CCH SecTAX and CCH Trust Accounts 5 IV
Overview This document provides a set minimum and recommended system requirements, both hardware and software, for standalone computers operating the current suite of CCH Software products. The document is aimed at assisting in the choices made before installing the software as a new client or when upgrading or replacing existing hardware and/or software. The document has two distinct sections: Notes & Warnings and System Requirements. Notes & Warnings provides more generalised advice for certain aspects of system design as well as covering software components that have reached end-of-life or are approaching end-of-life. For the purposes of System Requirements, the existing CCH Software suite is broken down into the following distinct product areas: CCH Central (and its associated modules) CCH Audit Automation, CCH Insolvency, CCH SecTAX and CCH Trust Accounts Guidance is provided for standalone computers with the aim of assisting suitably qualified IT staff or staff with respected IT knowledge and experience in deriving a supported platform for CCH Software products. Where multiple CCH Software products are being deployed we would always recommend that additional advice is sought from the CCH Software Installations & Technical Services Team to ensure that all objectives in terms of deployment support and performance are met. CCH SOFTWARE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - STANDALONE 10 TH NOVEMBER 2017 1
Notes & Warnings General Recommendations Disk space required on standalone computers at runtime: 70-80 MB per program Disk space on standalone computers at installation because of the use of temporary directories and temporary files: 20GB or above Solid State Disk (SSD) recommended for optimal system performance Unsupported Environments Home Editions of Windows End of Life Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic and Home Premium Windows 8.1 (also known as Core ) Windows 10 Home The following operating systems and software has reached end of life and is consequently no longer supported: Windows 95, Windows NT4, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2008 SQL Server 2000 (including Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine) SQL Server 2005 (including SQL Server 2005 Express) Microsoft Office 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007 Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 2 CCH SOFTWARE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - STANDALONE 10 TH NOVEMBER 2017
System Requirements CCH Central The below information is also valid when deploying the following modules: CCH Accounts Production CCH Autofill CCH Campaign Management CCH Corporation Tax CCH CGT & Dividend Scheduling CCH Document Management CCH Email Marketing CCH Fee Protection CCH Personal Tax CCH Portal CCH Practice Management CCH Reporting CCH Review & Tag CCH Scan CCH Workflow System requirements standalone computers The requirements in the following table apply to standalone computers. Minimum and recommended specifications are provided as a guide only and should be used in conjunction with requirements for non-cch software applications to compile a specification capable of supporting the set of applications that will be running concurrently on the system to meet an expected level of performance. Component Minimum requirement Recommended requirement Processor Dual-core 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) Dual-core 3.5 GHz or faster; Intel i5/i7 or AMD Ryzen. Latest generation CPUs. Memory (RAM) 4 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit); 8 gigabytes (GB) (64-bit) 4 GB (32-bit); 8 GB + (64-bit) Hard disk 20 gigabytes (GB) available 20 GB or 20% free space available Display A monitor with a resolution of 1280 x 1024 or higher Default/Normal dots per square inch (DPI) CCH SOFTWARE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - STANDALONE 10 TH NOVEMBER 2017 3
Internet Operating System recommended Default/Normal fonts recommended ADSL connection with at least 1 megabit per second (Mbps) download speed CCH Central and its associated modules are supported on the following Windows operating systems: Windows 7 Service Pack 1(32-bit or 64-bit) Windows 8.1 (32-bit or 64- bit) Windows 10 (32-bit or 64- bit) ADSL2+ 2 8 Mbps or faster Database Note: Business-orientated editions of Microsoft Operating Systems are supported only. Home and Core editions not supported. SQL Server 2008 R2 is unsupported on Windows 10 it is recommended that you perform an inplace upgrade to SQL Server 2012 for your CCH2008 instance following deployment via CSI. See KB Article 3571 for more information. The Central Suite Installer (CSI) installs the following pre-requisite for a standalone computer: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 3 Express Edition Instance Name CCH2008 Browser Internet Explorer 11; Microsoft Edge; Mozilla Firefox; Apple Safari; or Google Chrome.NET version 3.5 and 4.6.1 Additional requirements and considerations Certain functions within CCH Central use integration with Microsoft Office. The currently supported Microsoft Office versions are: Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft Office 2013 Microsoft Office 2016 Office 365 Note: Integration is typically implemented between the following Office applications: Word Excel 4 CCH SOFTWARE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - STANDALONE 10 TH NOVEMBER 2017
Outlook Choose the appropriate edition of Office to enable the entire suite of functionality. PDF functionality requires the presence of PDF viewer software such as Acrobat Reader. CCH Audit Automation, CCH Insolvency, CCH SecTAX and CCH Trust Accounts System requirements standalone computers The system requirements for CCH Audit Automation, CCH Insolvency, CCH SecTAX and CCH Trust Accounts client computers are equivalent to those of CCH Central with the exception of the need for the Microsoft.NET Framework. CCH SOFTWARE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - STANDALONE 10 TH NOVEMBER 2017 5