System Requirements

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

    Hardware requirements

    Hardware Minimum Recommended
    Processor speed 2.1GHz or faster 3GHz or faster
    Processor cores 6 12
    RAM 10GB 20GB
    Disk type SSD SSD
    Disk space 35GB 110GB
    Network card capacity 1GB/s 1GB/s
    CPU architecture 64-bit 64-bit
    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:

    • Windows 11
    • Windows 10
    • Windows 8 and 8.1
    • Windows 7
    • Windows Server 2025
    • Windows Server 2022
    • Windows Server 2019
    • Windows Server 2016
    • Windows Server 2012
    • Windows Server 2012 R2

    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:

    • Microsoft SharePoint 2013, 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition
    • SharePoint Online

    Supported web browsers

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

    • Microsoft Edge
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Google Chrome
    • Internet Explorer 10 and later

    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 note-grid as IIS logs of SharePoint servers. The Elasticsearch process utilizes off-heap memory for better performance.