Technical requirements

Unless otherwise specified, all versions of Microsoft products that were covered by Microsoft extended life cycle support at the time of Alvao's release are supported for that version of Alvao.

Alvao Server

• Installation on Windows Server(s)

  • Microsoft Windows Server

  • Microsoft SQL Server (all editions including Express Edition)

    Version 25.3

    Due to the known issue T185084ALVAO, ALVAO version 25.3 requires Microsoft SQL Server 2017 or newer.

    • Full-Text and Semantics Extractions for Search component is necessary

  • Microsoft ASP.NET Core 8.0 Hosting Bundle and Microsoft .NET 8.0.4xx SDK

  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) with all necessary features

• or installation in Microsoft Azure

  • Azure App Service
    • Runtime stack: .NET 8 (LTS)
    • Operating system: Windows
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Storage Account

• SMTP server, e.g., Microsoft 365 or Exchange Server

• ALVAO Service Desk

  • Email inbound communication - Microsoft 365 or Microsoft Exchange

User setup

• Web browser - Microsoft Edge recommended