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Operating System Requirements
Velocity® version 3.8.5 6 installation DVD (or equivalent downloaded file)
Microsoft Windows® operating system, according to the Velocity role that each computer will perform:
System Role | Versions of Windows supported by Velocity 3.8. |
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6 | |
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Velocity Server or Data Server |
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Velocity Standalone Workstation |
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Velocity Client |
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Microsoft no longer officially supports operating system versions not recommended for use with Velocity. For more information, please visit https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet. |
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If you are updating an existing Velocity installation to the 3.8.56 release, the Installer detects the version of the database server and will not proceed with unsupported SQL versions. In Velocity 3.8.4, the Velocity Updater would still allow you to update with specific older versions of SQL Server even though the versions are not officially supported. But, this is no longer the case in 3.8.5.
The new installations of Velocity 3.8.5 and upgrades to Velocity 3.8.5 require Microsoft SQL Server 2017 or later. Velocity 3.8.5 allows you to install the free Express edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2019.
If you already have SQL Server 2017, 2019 or 2022 installed on your server, the Velocity 3.8.5 Installer detects and uses your complete edition of Microsoft SQL Server for the Velocity database.
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