System Requirements, Server Spec and Sizing

Supported Browsers

SquaredUp DS works best with the latest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Safari on desktop & mobile.

Internet Explorer is not supported on SquaredUp DS v5 and above. Older browsers may show a blank page.

On SquaredUp DS v4 Internet Explorer 9 and earlier versions are not supported.

SquaredUp DS web server

  • For SquaredUp DS v4.6 and above: x64 Windows Server 2016 or above
  • .NET Framework 4.7.2 * (To install this the server needs an internet connection, so if the server is offline, you should download and install .NET 4.7.2 from here.)
  • Windows IIS Web- roles *
  • IIS URL Rewrite Module 2.0 *

Items marked with * will be automatically installed if required.

Co-hosting

  • Can be installed on a Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM) management server or root management server.
  • Can be installed on the same web server as the Operations Manager web consoles.

System Center Operations Manager

SquaredUp DS for SCOM v5.9 and above can be used with either System Center Operations Manager or Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance (SCOM MI) Preview edition.

The SCOM management server must be running Operations Manager 2016, 2019 or 2022. Operations Manager 2007, 1801, 1807 and 2012 are not supported.

Server Sizing Guidelines

SquaredUp DS has no defined minimum requirements for installation, the following specifications are a guideline on how you may wish to set up your environment.

Environment
SquaredUp DSUsers
SquaredUp DSUsers
Virtual Machine Spec
Servers monitored by SCOM
CPU
Memory
Azure Equivalent
Load Balanced Instances
Small Lab
<10
<3
Standard B2ms
<100
1
2 GB
Standard A1 v2
1
Small Production
<10
<10
Standard DS2 v2
100 - 1000
2
4 GB
Standard A2 v2
1
Large Production
10 - 100
10 - 100
Standard DS3 v2
1000 - 5000
4
8 GB
Standard A4 v2
2
Very Large Production
>100
>100
Standard DS4 v2
5000 - 15000
8
16 GB
Standard A8 v2
2 or more

When using Open Access (see Sharing Dashboards with anyone - Open Access) we recommend additional memory:

For Open Access on SquaredUp DS v5 we recommend you count each Open Access dashboard as the equivalent of an extra user, and add this to your user count when calculating the memory required using the table above.

For Open Access on SquaredUp DS v4 we recommend an additional 100 MB memory for each dashboard that is enabled for Open Access (regardless of how many clients are connecting to the Open Access dashboard).

Visio

To add SCOM data to your Visio diagrams (see How to use the Visio tile) you will need Visio 'Professional' edition or above.

PowerShell

Using PowerShell in SquaredUp DS requires PowerShell version 5.1 and above.

How to use the PowerShell tile

Windows IIS Features

  • Web-Static-Content
  • Web-Default-Doc
  • Web-Http-Errors
  • Web-ISAPI-Ext
  • Web-ISAPI-Filter
  • Web-Http-Logging
  • Web-Windows-Auth
  • Web-Filtering
  • Web-Stat-Compression
  • Web-Dyn-Compression
  • Web-Mgmt-Console
  • Web-Metabase
  • Web-Asp-Net45
  • Web-Net-Ext45

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