System Requirements

This topic defines the system requirements and technical overview for Bizview.

This topic contains the following sections:

• Bizview Technical Requirements
• Bizview Technical Overview

Bizview Technical Requirements

Application Server

The following requirements should be fulfilled before installation of Bizview can be performed on the application server¹:

• Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
• IIS 7 (or higher), with req. roles and features activated²
• .Net Framework 4.8
• ASP.net Core runtime 3.1.7
• SQL Server Management Studio³

1. We recommend a dedicated server as work load and simultaneous number of users can peak at times. This also enhances the availability for support and maintenance.
2. For more information, see Installation & Configuration Overview
3. Recommended if Bizview or Bizview partners provide the installation service to be able to access the database from the application server during installation.

Below are the minimum hardware requirements of the application server:

• 1 CPU with 4 cores or 4 virtual CPUs
• RAM 8 GB
• Storage 30 GB

 Database Server

The following requirements should be fulfilled before installation of the Bizview databases can be performed¹:

• Minimum SQL Server 2012 (or higher)², incl Express edition³
• We recommend SQL Server 2016SP1 or higher which includes features that Bizview can leverage, if available
• LAN access from the application server to the Database Server

1. Can be an existing or new instance of SQL Server. In most cases we recommend using the same instance as the main data source that should be used to provide Bizview with data.

2. If using SQL2019 CU8 or greater are required.

3. Limited to the functionality, database size and other limitations in SQL Express.

Below are the minimum hardware requirements of the SQL server:

• 1 CPU with 4 cores or 4 virtual CPUs³

• RAM 8 GB³

• Storage 30 GB⁴

3. Depending on the number of concurrent users, the complexity of reports, forms, dashboards, etc.

4. Depending on the amount of data that needs to be stored in the Bizview databases and depending on log-file/backup policies.

Bizview User Clients

HTML5 Client

Traditional Client

The traditional client is used for administrative and setup purposes.

1) http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default.aspx

•  Microsoft Silverlight 5 browser plugin
• WWW/WAN/LAN access to application server
• Minimum screen resolution of 1280x800

Important: Silverlight has reached End of Life and support for this product will be phased out with the release of Bizview v23.2.

Network Between Application Server and Client

The performance of the client is dependent on the network speed between the application server and the client browser. We recommend a 4G connection or faster.

Bizview Technical Overview

Bizview is a .NET web application running under Internet Information Services (IIS) with normally two SQL-Server databases (the Application database, and the Datastore database).

Application

The Bizview app-server runs as a web application under IIS, preferably within a separate application pool for Bizview. The Bizview client communicates with the server using wcf- and webapi web services, and real-time duplex communication using long polling and Signal-R technology.

One Bizview application under IIS can be assigned to work with one or many instances of the Bizview databases (e.g. in a multi-database scenario, only one Bizview web application needs to be installed).

Bizview supports both form authentication (user and password) and single sign-on windows authentication. If using SSO, a valid LDAP URL must be configured within Bizview and the SSO folder within the Bizview web application under IIS should disable anonymous login.

Bizview support secure communication between client and server using https-protocol by replacing the default web.config file with an https version of the web.config file (included in the installation).

Bizview also consist of three optional windows services that can be enabled on the application server.

• Bizview Processing Services: the service performing server side batch operation, scheduled, or started by users within Bizview. Normally always installed and enabled.
• Bizview Messenger Services: the service sending outgoing e-mail messages from Bizview. Requires a SMTP server, login and password to be configured. SSL is also supported.
• Bizview AD Synchronization Service: the service synchronizing users and groups with Bizview. Requires that Bizview runs in the context of an active directory user, and that a valid URL to the LDAP server is configured.

 Databases

The application database contains application data such as reports, forms, dashboards, users etc. It also contains organizational data such as objects (accounts, cost centers, products etc), and planning/input data used by the application user interface.

The datastore database is a data mart primarily used to store actual data for financial reporting. The database also contains business logic for multi-company consolidation etc. This database is an optional database, but normally always installed if Bizview is used for financial reporting.

The application database and the datastore database must always be installed on the same SQL-Server instance. Both databases should preferably also be installed on the same SQL-Server instance, or as close as possible, to the databases Bizview will use as data source to make integration of data easier.

The Bizview app-server can connect to the databases using SQL login, or Windows Authentication.

The performance of Bizview is very much dependent on the performance of the database server used to store the two Bizview databases (memory, CPU and I/O).

For more information, see Installation & Configuration.

Important:  Technical requirements and information may change from time to time due to new versions of the Bizview software or factors outside the control of Bizview Systems including but not limited to changes to operating systems, web browsers, SQL Server or other reasons.