Client requirements
CPU : 600MHz minimum, 1GHz recommended
Memory : 512MB of RAM minimum, 1GB recommended
Hard disk space : 104MB
Operating system
Windows Server® 2003
Windows Vista® (32-Bit or 64-Bit)
Windows Server® 2008 (32-Bit or 64-Bit)
Windows Server® 2008 R2(64-Bit)
Windows Server® 2012
Windows® 7 (32-Bit or 64-Bit)
Windows® 8 (32-Bit or 64-Bit)
Windows® 8.1 (32-Bit or 64-Bit)
Windows® 10
.NET Framework
.Net 4.0 - Windows Vista (SP1 or earlier), Windows Server 2003
.Net 4.5 - Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or earlier), Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
Additional requirements
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or later
Database server
Limited support of SQL Server 2000 (Service Pack 3 or later)
SQL Server® 2005 (Service Pack 2 or later) and SQL Server 2005 Express
SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Express
SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 Express
SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 Express
SQL Server 2014 Enterprise and SQL Server 2014 Express
Cloud database services
Azure® SQL Database v12