Horizon Software Host Server

Software

Operating System

The Horizon Software suite can be hosted on any currently-supported Windows Server operating system. The Horizon Software suite supports any currently-supported version of Microsoft Server as per the Microsoft Fixed Lifecycle Policy. Currently-supported versions of Windows Server are:

• Windows Server 2025
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2016 (Extended Support)
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (Extended Support)

Database Source

The Horizon Software suite can function using the DataFlex embedded database alone, however there are size limitations with this database type as well as some caveats when backing up this type of database. We recommend hosting your data in a Microsoft SQL database; This improves speed, reliability, and eliminates size limitations imposed by the embedded database. Microsoft SQL databases are also able to be backed up and restored far more efficiently.

The Horizon Software suite can be hosted on any currently-supported version of Microsoft SQL Server as per the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy for SQL Server. We recommend deploying the Standard Edition for most customers.

• SQL Server 2022
• SQL Server 2019
• SQL Server 2017 (Extended Support)
• SQL Server 2016 (Extended Support)

Software Considerations

Antivirus/Antimalware

Antivirus 

File Backup

Hardware