| Requirement/Component | SharePoint 2010 | SharePoint 2013 |
| Hardware requirements—location of physical servers | | |
| Physical Farm Location | Not Published | All servers that belong to a server farm, including database servers, must physically reside in the same datacenter. Redundancy and failover between closely located data centers that are configured as a single farm ("stretched farm”) is not supported in SharePoint 2013. |
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| Hardware requirements—web servers, application servers, and single server installations | | |
| Single server with a built-in database or single server that uses SQL Server (Foundation 2010/2013) | 8 GB (4 GB Developer/Evaluation)
64-bit, 4 cores
80 GB for system drive | 8 GB
64-bit, 4 cores
80 GB for system drive |
| Single server with a built-in database or single server that uses SQL Server (Server 2010/2013) | 8 GB (4 GB Developer/Evaluation)
64-bit, 4 cores
80 GB for system drive | 24 GB
64-bit, 4 cores
80 GB for system drive |
| Web server or application server in a three-tier farm | 8 GB (4 GB Developer/Evaluation)
64-bit, 4 cores
80 GB for system drive | 12 GB
64-bit, 4 cores
80 GB for system drive |
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| Hardware requirements—database servers in farm | | |
| Processor | 64-bit, 4 cores for small deployments
64-bit, 8 cores for medium deployments
| 64-bit, 4 cores for small deployments
64-bit, 8 cores for medium deployments
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| | 8 GB for small deployments
16 GB for medium deployments | 8 GB for small deployments
16 GB for medium deployments |
| Hard disk | 80 GB for system drive | 80 GB for system drive |
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| Domain Names | | |
| Single label domain names | Not Supported | Not Supported |
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| Minimum software requirements for a database server in a farm | | |
| SQL | One of the following:
-64-bit edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (w/ SharePoint SP1)
-64-bit edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
-64-bit edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and CU2 or CU5
-64-bit edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 3 (SP3) and CU3
| One of the following:
-The 64-bit edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2012.
-The 64-bit edition of SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 |
| OS | Any compatible OS for the above versions of SQL Server | -64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter
-64-bit edition of Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter |
| Updates/Patches | -SQL Server 2008 SP1 and CU2 or CU5
-SQL Server 2005 SP3 and CU3 | -SharePoint parsing process crashes in Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB 2554876)
-FIX: IIS 7.5 configurations are not updated when you use the ServerManager class to commit configuration changes (KB 2708075)
-Hotfix: ASP.NET (SharePoint) race condition in .NET 4.5 RTM (KB 2759112)
-Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5 |
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| Minimum requirements for a single server with built-in database | | |
| SQL | Setup installs Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP1 - Express Edition | Setup installs Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 - Express Edition |
| OS | -64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Data Center, or Web Server with SP2;
-64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Data Center, or Web Server
-64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Standard, Enterprise, Data Center, or Web Server | -64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter
-64-bit edition of Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter |
| Updates/Patches | -KB979917 - QFE for SharePoint issues - Perf Counter fix & User Impersonation | -SharePoint parsing process crashes in Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB 2554876)
-FIX: IIS 7.5 configurations are not updated when you use the ServerManager class to commit configuration changes (KB 2708075)
-Hotfix: ASP.NET (SharePoint) race condition in .NET 4.5 RTM (KB 2759112) |
| Pre-Requisites | -Web Server (IIS) role
-Application Server role
-Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1
-SQL Server 2008 Express with SP1
-Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 (x64)
-Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0
-Microsoft Chart Controls for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
-Windows PowerShell 2.0
-SQL Server 2008 Native Client
-Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services ADOMD.NET
-ADO.NET Data Services Update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
-A hotfix for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 that provides a method to support token authentication without transport security or message encryption in WCF.
-Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) | -Web Server (IIS) role
-Application Server role
-Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5
-SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Native Client
-Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.0
-Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client (MSIPC)
-Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64)
-Windows Management Framework 3.0 which includes Windows PowerShell 3.0
-Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) 1.0 and Microsoft Identity Extensions (previously named WIF 1.1)
-Windows Server AppFabric
-Cumulative Update Package 1 for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server (KB 2671763) |
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| Minimum requirements for front-end web servers and application servers in a farm | | |
| OS | -64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Data Center, or Web Server with SP2;
-64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Data Center, or Web Server
-64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Standard, Enterprise, Data Center, or Web Server | -64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter
-64-bit edition of Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter |
| Updates/Patches | -KB979917 - QFE for SharePoint issues - Perf Counter fix & User Impersonation | -SharePoint parsing process crashes in Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB 2554876)
-FIX: IIS 7.5 configurations are not updated when you use the ServerManager class to commit configuration changes (KB 2708075)
-Hotfix: ASP.NET (SharePoint) race condition in .NET 4.5 RTM (KB 2759112) |
| Pre-Requisites | -Web Server (IIS) role
-Application Server role
-Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1
-SQL Server 2008 Express with SP1
-Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 (x64)
-Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0
-Microsoft Chart Controls for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
-Windows PowerShell 2.0
-SQL Server 2008 Native Client
-Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services ADOMD.NET
-ADO.NET Data Services Update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
-A hotfix for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 that provides a method to support token authentication without transport security or message encryption in WCF.
-Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) | -Web Server (IIS) role
-Application Server role
-Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5
-SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Native Client
-Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.0
-Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client (MSIPC)
-Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64)
-Windows Management Framework 3.0 which includes Windows PowerShell 3.0
-Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) 1.0 and Microsoft Identity Extensions (previously named WIF 1.1)
-Windows Server AppFabric
-Cumulative Update Package 1 for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server (KB 2671763) |
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| Client Computer Browser Support | | |
Internet Explorer 10 32-bit | Supported | Supported |
Internet Explorer 10 64-bit | Supported with Limitations | Supported with Limitations |
| Internet Explorer 9 32-bit | Supported | Supported |
| Internet Explorer 9 64-bit | Supported with Limitations | Supported with Limitations |
| Internet Explorer 8 32-bit | Supported | Supported |
| Internet Explorer 8 64-bit | Supported with Limitations | Supported with Limitations |
| Internet Explorer 7 32-bit | Supported | Not supported |
| Internet Explorer 7 64-bit | Supported with Limitations | Not supported |
| Internet Explorer 6 | Not supported | Not supported |
| Google Chrome (latest released version) | Supported with Limitations | Supported with Limitations |
| Mozilla Firefox (latest released version) | Supported with Limitations | Supported with Limitations |
| Apple Safari (latest released version) | Supported with Limitations | Supported with Limitations |