System Requirements

This section lists the system requirements for installing and working with SharePoint Manager Plus.

• Hardware requirements
• Software requirements
• General recommendations
• Port requirements

Hardware requirements

Note: The values mentioned in the table are approximate, as numerous factors influence the performance of the application such as the number of site collections or the cumulative number of objects present in the environment. We recommend you create a test environment similar to the production environment with the setup details mentioned in the table. Based on the performance, the system requirements can be modified to fit your environment.

Software requirements

Supported operating systems

SharePoint Manager Plus can be installed in machines running the following operating systems and versions:

Supported SharePoint platforms

ManageEngine SharePoint Manager Plus can manage and audit both online and on-premises SharePoint farms. The solution supports the following SharePoint versions:

• SharePoint Online
• SharePoint Server Subscription Edition
• SharePoint Server 2019
• SharePoint Server 2016
• SharePoint Server 2013

Supported web browsers

SharePoint Manager Plus has been tested to support the following browsers and versions with at least a 1024x768 display resolution.

Supported databases

SharePoint Manager Plus can use the following databases as its backend database.

• PostgreSQL
• MS SQL

.NET and PowerShell requirements

SharePoint Manager Plus requires Microsoft .Net Framework version 4.8 and PowerShell version 5.1 to be installed in the system.

1. To check if Microsoft .NET Framework is installed, open PowerShell as an administrator and enter the following command:

   (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full").Version

   Check the displayed version. If the version is less than 4.8, install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 from here.
2. To check the version of PowerShell, open PowerShell and run the following command:

   $PSVersionTable

   If the version is below 5 or if PowerShell is not installed, install PowerShell version 5.1 from here.

General recommendations

VM infrastructure

• Allocate 100% of the RAM and CPU to the virtual machine running SharePoint Manager Plus. Sharing memory and processing power with other virtual machines on the same host may result in RAM or CPU starvation and may negatively impact SharePoint Manager Plus' performance.

CPU and RAM

• Server CPU utilization should be maintained below 85% to ensure better performance.
• Fifty percent of server RAM should be kept free for off-heap utilization of Elasticsearch for optimal performance.

Disk

• Disk latency greatly affects the performance of SharePoint Manager Plus. Direct-attached storage (DAS) on par with an SSD with near-zero latency and high throughput is recommended.

Installation server

• SharePoint Manager Plus uses Elasticsearch to store list and list item data as well as IIS logs of SharePoint servers. The Elasticsearch process utilizes off-heap memory for better performance.

Port requirements

Server ports

System ports

Allow outbound connections to ports on the source server (SharePoint Manager Plus server) and inbound connections to ports on the target servers (i.e., the SharePoint server).

Endpoint settings

The following endpoints must be allowed by the firewall for the seamless functioning of the tool.

Azure AD general cloud

Azure general cloud users must ensure that the following domains are allowed by their firewalls. Azure Germany, China, and US cloud users can refer to the respective tables.

Azure Germany

Azure Germany cloud users must ensure that the following domains are allowed by their firewalls.

Azure China

Azure China cloud users must ensure that the following domains are allowed by their firewalls.

Azure US

Azure US cloud users must ensure that the following domains are allowed by their firewalls.

General domains

The general domains that must be allowed through the firewall are as follows: