System Requirements

You'll need the following hardware and software to run the code samples for this book:

Client

• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (for the client)

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 Standard Edition or Professional Edition

Server

• Microsoft Windows Server 2000 or Windows Server 2003, or Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition with Service Pack 4 or SQL Server 2005

• Dual 700-MHz or higher Intel Pentium (Xeon PIII) or compatible CPU Recommended: Dual 1.8-GHz Pentium (Xeon P4)

• 512 MB of RAM, 2 GB or more of RAM recommended

• SCSI hard disk with hardware RAID 5

• 10/100-megabit network card