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Please Review 7.2 Hardware & Software Requirements
Who is this article for?IT Personnel performing the installation of Please Review.
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This article outlines the hardware and software requirements for Please Review 7. The requirements are defined for each component that you will require.
- Minimum Client Requirements
- Minimum Server Requirements
- Client Compatibility Matrix
- Integration & Authentication Compatibility Matrix
- Further Reading
1. Minimum Client Requirements
1.1. Please Review
As Please Review is a web-based system there are no specific client requirements other than a modern web browser. Please see the Client Compatibility Matrix for more details.
1.2. Offline Client
The Offline Client (OLC) is a Windows-only tool. The table below outlines the minimum requirements.
| Environment | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating System |
Windows 11 Windows 10 |
| .NET Framework | 4.7.2 |
| Office |
Office 2019 Office 2016 Office 2013 |
2. Minimum Server Requirements
2.1. Minimum Software Requirements
| Environment | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Windows Server |
2012 (R2) 2016 2019 2022 |
| Microsoft .NET Framework | 4.7.2 or later |
| Node.js | 16.16.0 or later |
| IIS | IIS 7 or later |
| Microsoft Office |
2013 2016 2019 |
| Microsoft SQL Server |
2016 2017 Azure SQL Database |
| Oracle Database | Oracle 19c |
Important Notes:Please Review also supports Active Directory for authentication of users. If Active Directory is to
be used with Please Review the following is required:
- Domain functional level of Windows 2003 or above.
- The Please Review server must be a member of the Windows domain (but does not need to be a domain controller).
- If anonymous access to the directory is not supported, a Windows account will be required for Please Review to log in to the directory.
2.2. Sample Server Hardware Configurations
The below table outlines the server hardware required for Please Review.
| Feature | Test/Evaluation | Small Production | Medium Production |
|---|---|---|---|
| Users | < 10 | 10 - 200 | 200 - 1000 |
| CPU | 1 CPU Quad Core | 1 CPU Quad Core | 1 (or 2) CPU 8 Core |
| RAM | 8Gb | 16Gb | 16+Gb |
| Disk Layout | Any Configuration SSD Recommended |
RAID 1 SSD Recommended |
RAID 1 or 5 (Documents) RAID 1 (Database) Disks for Boot Volume SSD Recommended |
Important Note: When running Please Review on a virtualised environment then the above hardware requirements should be used to calculate suitable VM guest configurations.
3. Client Compatibility Matrix
The below table outlines the systems compatible with Please Review:
| Environment | Version | Please Review | Offline Client | Flight Mode | Word Plugin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows OS | Windows 10 & 11 | ||||
| MacOS | OS 12 (Monterey) | ||||
| iOS | iOS 15 | ||||
| Microsoft Office | 2013, 2016 & 2019 | - | |||
| Microsoft Edge | v95.0.1020.40 and above | - | - | ||
| Google Chrome | v95.0.4638 and above | - | - | ||
| Mozilla Firefox | 94.0 and above | - | - | - | |
| Apple Safari (Mac) | v15 | - | - | ||
| Apple Safari (iOS) | v14.6 and above | - | - |
Important Notes:
- Flight mode will only operate if you connect to Please Review over https.
- Please Review will operate on other operating systems and using other versions of Microsoft Office, however only the above versions are tested and therefore supported.
4. Integration & Authentication Compatibility Matrix
| Environment | Edition | SSO | User Provisioning | Group Provisioning | Roles Provisioning | Login Native | Client Plugins | Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAML 2.0 | Okta, PingOne, Azure, ADFS, ForgeRock, OneLogin | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Active Directory | - | |||||||
| LDAP | - | |||||||
| Documentum Content Server | 16.4 | |||||||
| Veeva Vault | Please Review Centric | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Veeva Vault | Veeva Centric | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 2-Way SSL6 | - |
Important Notes:
- Authentication can be achieved by setting up native Please Review accounts alongside users single sign on. This only uses one single licence.
- Windows integrated authentication using NTLM or Kerberos.
- Available with SCIM. For ADFS, import only with no synchronisation, via user management or the client, you can use the bulk uploader via the administration module.
- This is workflow driven. A workflow includes a series of steps configured in Vault to align with specific business processes. The different types of steps offer a flexible way to organise a wide variety of processes for a document including assigning tasks to users, sending notifications and changing document status.
- This includes a reduced subset, for example the Please Review groups admin only, monitor only, reviewer-delegator and contributor-delegator should not be assigned to Vault users.
- 2-Way SSL (Client Certificate Authentication) complements Active Directory/LDAP authentication on Windows server.