Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 60)

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Planning the network layout
The layout of the network is particularly important to the design of a FactoryTalk
View SE network distributed application.
For information about installing the FactoryTalk View SE software, and about system
requirements that might affect the network design, see the FactoryTalk View Site Edition
Installation Guide.
Choosing a Windows domain or workgroup
For network applications consisting of more than 10 computers, the use of a domain
controller is strongly recommended, but not required. The following domains are
supported:
 Windows Server 2012 (Standard Edition)
 Windows Server 2012 R2 (Standard Edition)
 Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 (Standard Edition)
 Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (Standard Edition)
 Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2 (Standard Edition, Native Mode)
Windows workgroups
For network distributed applications consisting of 10 computers or fewer, FactoryTalk
View SE can be used in a Windows workgroup network environment.
When setting up security for applications in a Windows workgroup, it is recommended
that you use the FactoryTalk Directory user accounts. This simplifies account
management, by centralizing security services at the FactoryTalk Directory.
For information about user accounts, see Chapter 5, Setting up security.
Do not install the FactoryTalk Directory, the FactoryTalk View SE Server, or any other application
software, on the same computer as a Windows domain controller. This configuration is not
supported.
For workgroup applications running in Windows XP, you must turn off simple file sharing on each
computer in the workgroup. For more information, see the FactoryTalk View Site Edition
Installation Guide.