Software Requirements
The following section displays the current software requirements for both PCs, mobile devices, and servers for cBrain technicians to install F2 on the servers and to use it on devices. You can also see a list of needed IIS features. See the changelog for information about new or upcoming changes to requirements.
PC (Client) requirements
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Operating system |
Windows 10/11 |
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Microsoft Office |
Microsoft Office 365 E3, E5, Business or Microsoft Office 365 Apps for enterprise, 2021 or 2024 Professional Plus 32 or 64 bit installed on the PC |
Other Microsoft 365 plans, such as Microsoft Office 365 Home and Microsoft Office 365 Personal, are not supported. Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus changed name to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise on April 21st 2020.
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120.0 or newer |
x64 or x86 |
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.Net Framework |
4.8 or newer |
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Antivirus exclusions |
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Roaming folders: %APPDATA%\cBrain\F2\Logfiles %APPDATA%\cBrain\F2\DataCache Local folders: %LOCALAPPDATA%\cBrain\F2\Offline |
F2 Touch requirements
F2 Touch is supported on the following browsers and mobile operating systems (OS):
Google Chrome, latest version |
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Mozilla Firefox, latest version |
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Apple Safari for Mac, latest version (not on Windows PCs) |
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Apple Safari for iOS, latest two versions |
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Microsoft Edge, latest version |
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Android, supported OS is listed in Google Play store |
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cbrain.f2touchapp |
iOS (iPhone & iPad), latest two versions |
F2 Manager
F2 Manager is supported on the following mobile operating system (OS):
iOS (only iPad), latest two versions |
F2 Manager 2
F2 Manager 2 is supported on the following mobile operating system (OS):
iOS (only iPad), latest version |
F2 Self Service
F2 Self Service is supported in the following browsers:
Google Chrome, latest version |
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Mozilla Firefox, latest version |
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Apple Safari for Mac, latest version (not on Windows PCs) |
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Apple Safari for iOS, latest two versions |
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Microsoft Edge, latest version |
F2 Add-ins for Microsoft Office
F2 add-in for Microsoft Outlook |
Micosoft Outlook Classic. Build 17530.15000 or newer. Must support Requirement set 1.14 Exchange 2016 or newer. |
F2 add-in for Microsoft Word |
Microsoft Word 2021 or newer. Must support Requirement set WordApi 1.1 AND use WebView2 (Office 2021 Volume, Retail or newer) |
Server requirements
Application Server
| Name | Version | Comments |
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Microsoft Windows Server |
2019, 2022 or 2025 |
Windows Server 2019 is planned for deprecation in the next major release. |
Internet browser |
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Adobe Reader |
XI - DC |
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Minimum: Microsoft Internet Information Server |
8.0, enabled for ASP.NET 4.0 |
See "IIS Features" for a list of required roles and features. In addition to the list, IIS-WebSockets is also required for application servers. |
Microsoft Visual C++ |
2017 and 2019 Redistributable 32 bit and 64 bit |
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Windows Update |
To latest patch level |
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.Net Framework |
4.8 or newer |
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.Net Server Hosting Bundle |
8.0.0 or newer |
Install the ASP.NET Core Hosting Bundle available for download from Download .NET 8.0 (Linux, macOS, and Windows) (microsoft.com) (the "Hosting Bundle" button). The installation doesn’t require a server-restart, and it can coexist with any .NET Framework versions on the server. |
.Net Desktop Runtime |
8.0.0 or newer |
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Windows Powershell |
5.1 or newer |
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Powershell .Net Core |
7.2 or newer |
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URL Rewrite Module |
2.1 |
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Antivirus exclusions |
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On F2 log files location - (Default is F:\F2\Customer.Environment\ Logs) On F2 Home Location - (Default is E:\F2\Customer.Environment) On cSearch location |
Database Server
| Name | Version | Comments |
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Microsoft Windows Server |
2019, 2022 or 2025 64 bit |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is planned for deprecation in the next major release. |
SQL Server |
2017 2019 with newest Cumulative Update (at least CU9) 2022 with newest Cumulative Update (at least CU12) |
Enterprise Edition is required to support more than 128 GB ram for the Database. For the Database to utilise all 128 GB ram the Database server must have more than 128 GB ram installed. F2 supports 'Transparent Data Encryption' (TDE) with SQL Server 2019. |
.Net Framework |
4.5 or newer |
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Adobe PDF iFilter |
11, 64 bit |
Required for indexing and searching through PDF files. (Free download from Adobe) |
Microsoft Office Filter |
SP 2 |
Required for indexing and searching through MS Office and Outlook .msg files. A small range of OpenOffice files are also supported. |
Eml iFilter |
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cBrain provides software package and instructions. |
Antivirus exclusions on access scan |
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Exclusions on database log & data files and more as stated by Microsoft. |
Windows Update |
To latest patch level |
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Integration Server
If additional integrations are to be installed, you might have to install .Net runtime 8 for services to work.
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Microsoft Windows Server |
2019, 2022 or 2025 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is planned for deprecation in the next major release. |
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Internet browser |
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Microsoft Office |
Microsoft Office 2021 or 2024 Professional Plus 32 or 64 bit installed on the server.
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Exchange Online (mailboxes in Microsoft Office 365 Cloud) is supported. |
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Any project with integration to Exchange Online needs to be done in collaboration with cBrain. |
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Minimum: Microsoft Internet Information Server |
8.0, enabled for ASP.NET 4.0 |
See "IIS Features" for list of required roles and features. |
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Microsoft Visual C++ |
2015, 2017 and 2019 Redistributable 32 bit and 64 bit |
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.Net Framework |
4.8 or newer |
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.Net Server Hosting Bundle |
8.0.0 or newer |
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Windows Powershell |
5.1 or newer |
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Powershell .Net Core |
7.2 or newer |
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Windows Update |
To latest patch level |
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Antivirus exclusions |
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On F2 log files location: (Default is F:\F2\Customer.Environment\ Logs) On F2 Home Location: (Default is E:\F2\Customer.Environment) |
Mobile Server
If additional integrations are to be installed, you might have to install .Net runtime 8 for services to work.
| Name | Version | Comments |
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Microsoft Windows Server |
2019, 2022 or 2025 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is planned for deprecation in the next major release. |
Internet browser |
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Minimum: Microsoft Internet Information Server |
8.0, enabled for ASP.NET 4.0 |
See "IIS Features" for list of required roles and features. |
Microsoft Visual C++ |
2015 and 2017 and 2019 Redistributable 32 bit and 64 bit |
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.Net Framework |
4.8 or newer |
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.Net Server Hosting Bundle |
8.0.0 or newer |
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Windows Powershell |
5.1 or newer |
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Powershell .Net Core |
7.2 or newer |
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Windows Update |
To latest patch level |
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Antivirus exclusions |
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On F2 log files location: (Default is F:\F2\Customer.Environment\ Logs) On F2 Home Location: (Default is E:\F2\Customer.Environment) |
IIS Features
The required roles and features for Microsoft Internet Information Server 8.0:
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IIS-WebServerRole
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IIS-WebServer
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IIS-CommonHttpFeatures
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IIS-StaticContent
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IIS-DefaultDocument
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IIS-DirectoryBrowsing
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IIS-HttpErrors
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IIS-HttpRedirect
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IIS-ApplicationDevelopment
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IIS-NetFxExtensibility45
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IIS-ASPNET45
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IIS-ISAPIExtensions
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IIS-ISAPIFilter
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IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics
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IIS-HttpLogging
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IIS-Security
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IIS-BasicAuthentication
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IIS-WindowsAuthentication
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IIS-RequestFiltering
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IIS-IPSecurity
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IIS-Performance
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IIS-HttpCompressionStatic
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IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic
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IIS-WebServerManagementTools
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IIS-ManagementConsole
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WCF-Services45
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WCF-HTTP-Activation45
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NetFx4ServerFeatures
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NetFx4
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NetFx4Extended-ASPNET45
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WAS-ProcessModel
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WAS-WindowsActivationService
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WAS-ConfigurationAPI