H ARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS Administration Server Software requirements Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 or higher. MSDE 2000 with installed Service Pack 3, or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with installed Service Pack 3 or higher, or MySQL Enterprise 5.0.32 and 5.0.70, or Microsoft SQL 2005 or higher or Microsoft SQL Express 2005 or higher, Microsoft SQL Express 2008, Microsoft SQL 2008. It is recommended to use Microsoft SQL 2005 with Service Pack 2, Microsoft SQL Express 2005 with Service Pack 2 and later versions. Microsoft Windows 2000 with installed Service Pack 4 or higher Microsoft Windows XP Professional with installed Service Pack 2 or higher Microsoft Windows XP Professional xor higher Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or higher Microsoft Windows Server 2003 xor higher Microsoft Windows Vista with installed Service Pack 1 or higher, Microsoft Windows Vista x with installed Service Pack 1 and all current updates, for Microsoft Windows Vista x the Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 should be installed Microsoft Windows Server 2008; Microsoft Windows Server 2008 deployed in the Server Core mode Microsoft