Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Installation Guide - Manual (Page 29)

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 Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (Standard Edition)
 Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2 (Standard Edition, Native Mode)
For more information about Windows operating systems and Service Pack compatibility,
see Rockwell Automation Knowledgebase Answer ID 20450.
About synchronizing time on application computers
In a networked system, to ensure that time stamps on alarms, historical data, and
diagnostics are accurate, it is highly recommended that time synchronization be
configured on all application computers.
For more information about synchronizing application computer clocks to an authoritative
time server, see FactoryTalk View SE Design Considerations, attached to Rockwell
Automation Answer ID 32549.
Windows workgroup requirements
For network applications consisting of 10 or fewer computers, you can run FactoryTalk
View SE in a Windows workgroup network environment.
For workgroup applications running in Windows XP, you must turn off simple file sharing
and fast user switching on each computer in the workgroup.
 Name resolution is required for the computers to communicate with each other on the
network.
 Workgroups do not use a domain controller, so central network administration is not
available. This means that security and network communications (for example, name
resolution) must be handled at each individual computer in the workgroup.
 Each workstation in a workgroup must have the same user accounts, with the same
user names and passwords on each machine, for all machines participating in a client-
server environment.
 All users in a workgroup should have Administrative rights assigned to them.
 FactoryTalk Directory provides centralized security services without requiring a
Windows Server and domain controller. When setting up centralized security in a
FactoryTalk Network Directory for Windows Workgroups, do not use Windows-
linked accounts. Instead, create user accounts that are managed and authenticated by
FactoryTalk Security.
Do not install FactoryTalk Directory, FactoryTalk View SE Server, or any other application
software on the same computer as the Windows domain controller. This configuration is not
supported.
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