Internet Access Required for Sage 100 Contractor Sage 100 Contractor features, such as printing or e-filing tax forms, submitting enhancement requests, accessing Help, or downloading periodic product or tax updates all require Internet access.
Server hardware requirements Hardware | Minimum | Recommended | CPU type | Intel® 2nd generation Core™ or AMD equivalent | Intel® 8th generation Core™ or better, or AMD equivalent) | CPU speed | 4 execution threads at 2.3 GHz | ≥ 8 execution threads at ≥ 2.3 GHz | RAM | 8 GB, with 4 GB available for SQL Server | ≥ 16 GB with ≥ 8 GB available for SQL Server | Disk type | SATA II solid-state drive | One redundant solid-state drive for the OS and applications One redundant NVMe solid-state drive for production data One redundant drive, NAS, or offsite drive for data backups | Free disk space | 100 GB (for company nightly backups) | ≥ 500 GB (for company nightly backups) | Disk speed | 200 MB/s sustained read/write speeds | ≥ 1.5 GB/s sustained read/write speeds for production data | Network type | Ethernet | Ethernet | Network speed | 100 Mbps full duplex | ≥ 1 Gbps full duplex | Screen resolution | 1024 × 768 | ≥ 1280 × 1024 | UPS | Not required | An Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) sufficient for a safe shutdown during an extended power failure. |
Server software requirements Software | Minimum | Recommended | OS version | Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10 | Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | OS edition | No Home Editions. Desktop Experience required. | Essentials, Standard, or Enterprise. Desktop Experience required. | OS address width | 64-bit | 64-bit | PowerShell | Required | Required | SQL server version | SQL Server 2014* | SQL Server 2019 | SQL server edition | Express | Express, Standard, or Enterprise | SQL address width | 64-bit | 64-bit | Email server | Not required | Twilio SendGrid account |
* Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is not supported on the Windows Server 2022 operating system.
Workstation hardware requirements Hardware | Minimum | CPU type | Intel® 2nd generation Core™ (or AMD equivalent) | CPU speed | 4 execution threads at 2.0 GHz | RAM | 4 GB (with 1.4 GB available) | Free disk space | 2 GB | Network type | Ethernet | Screen resolution | 1280 × 1024 |
Workstation software requirements Software | Minimum | OS version | Microsoft Windows 10 and 11 | OS edition | Professional or Enterprise (recommended) | OS address width | 64-bit |
Supported versions of Microsoft SQL Server - SQL Server 2019
- SQL Server 2017
- SQL Server 2016
- SQL Server 2014
Supported versions of Microsoft Office - Microsoft Office 365
- Microsoft Office 2021
- Microsoft Office 2019
- Microsoft Office 2016
- Microsoft Office 2013
- Microsoft Office 2010
Note: Microsoft Office integration requires Office 2010, or later (32-bit or 64-bit). |