Appendix C. System Requirements

We recommend that you use a test workstation, test server, or staging server to complete the practice exercises in each lesson. However, it would be beneficial for you to have access to production-ready data in your organization. If you need to set up a workstation to complete the practices, the minimum system requirements follow:

  • Personal computer with at least a 1-GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

  • At least 1 GB of RAM (x86 systems) or 2 GB of RAM (x64 systems)

  • At least a 40-GB hard disk

  • DVD-ROM drive

  • Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor

  • Keyboard and Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device

For some chapters, your workstation must have access to an Active Directory Domain ...

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