IDMS Server Installation Prerequisites

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The IDMS installation requires digital certificates for secure communications, account permissions and an IIS application environment for installation. The information below lists the specific requirements for installation.

System Requirements

This following matrix describes what the IDMS requires for installation.

Area	Description
Hardware	Memory: 16GB Cores: 4 Disk: 100GB
Operating System	Windows 2019/2022
Application Server	Microsoft IIS .Net 4.8 minimum
Database This can be part of an existing SQL server.	Microsoft SQL Server, 2019/2022 Standard; Express Authentication Type: Windows Authentication Permissions During installation, the IDMS creates a database called "IdExchange". Before installation, the DBA should create an account (Windows Authentication is preferred) to allow the IDMS installation program to login and create the database and tables. The account should also have access to "Alter" tables. CREATE DATABASE (IdExchange) CREATE TABLE (IdExchange) ALTER TABLE (IdExchange) INSERT (IdExchange) UPDATE (IdExchange)
IDMS Service Account This is the account the application will run as.	Local administrative privileges on IDMS server Read access to Active Directory Read/write access to SQL server
HID ActivID CMS (Optional - For CMS Reporting Services)	Read access to the AIMS* databases Dedicated client certificate registered with CMS with appropriate permissions (see sections for IDMS and Workstation CMS credential setup)