Right Click Tools System Requirements

System requirements and environment configuration needed to install and best utilize Right Click Tools.

Basic System Requirements

  • Operating System
    • Recast Software Version 5.x: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or later
    • Recast Software Version 4.x: Microsoft-supported OS versions
  • Microsoft .NET Framework: ASP.NET version 4.7 or later
  • Configuration Manager: Functional Configuration Manager console

Recast Management Server Requirements

To install Right Click Tools with Recast Management Server, your system must also meet RMS requirements.

Hardware

  • CPU: At least 4 cores
  • RAM: At least 8 GB 
  • SQL Server
    • At least 20GB of free space, in addition to your normal Windows installation
    • More space is required if setting up trends and taking snapshots 
    • 100GB is a good starting place for teams planning to maximize trends utilization 

Software

  • Operating System: 
    • For Recast Software Version 5.x: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or later
    • For Recast Software Version 4.x: Microsoft-supported OS versions
  • Microsoft .NET Framework: ASP.NET version 6.0 or later
  • IIS
  • NET Core Hosting Bundle 
    • The Recast Management Server will install this, if it is not present.
    • The .NET Core Hosting Bundle should be installed after IIS.
  • SQL:
    • Any licensed version of SQL
    • If you don't have permission to create a SQL database during the install, you can pre-create the SQL database.

Configuring Your Environment

In order to optimize the management capabilities of Right Click Tools and support workstations remotely, configure group policy settings, anti-malware policies and baselines in your Configuration Manager environment.

To set group policies:

To set ConfigMgr antimalware policies:

To create a configuration baseline:

  • Import files to enable Remote Registry Service, WinRM, and Wake on LAN

For more information and detailed procedures, see Recast Client Pre-Requisites — The Extras.