All minimum system requirements are based on a single-user environment (one computer accessing a local database). In a shared environment, ACT! by Sage is designed to work with up to 10 users; ACT! by Sage Premium Solutions are intended for more than 10 users. Recommended server system requirements are for environments of more than one user. Customer Registration and Activation are required to use ACT!. Your system must meet the minimum requirements to be eligible for Technical Support.
ACT! by Sage Premium 2009 (11.0) Minimum System Requirements
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| Client Requirements |
Windows® XP SP210
(32-bit only) |
Windows Server 2003 SP2
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Vista11
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Server 200812
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
- Home
- Professional
- Media Center 2004
- Media Center 2005 |
- Web Edition
- Standard Edition
- Enterprise Edition
- Small Business Server |
- Home Basic
- Home Premium
- Business
- Enterprise
- Ultimate |
- Web Edition
- Standard Edition
- Enterprise Edition |
- 600 MHz Pentium® III processor (or equivalent)
- 512 MB system memory (1 GB recommended) |
- 1.8 GHz Pentium IV processor (or equivalent)
- 1 GB system memory |
- 1 GB available hard disk space
- CD-ROM drive
- SVGA (800x600) or higher resolution monitor |
| Database Server Requirements: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express SP2 |
Windows XP SP2
(32-bit only) |
Windows Server 2003 SP2
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Vista
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Server 2008
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
- Home
- Professional
- Media Center 2004
- Media Center 2005 |
- Web Edition
- Standard Edition
- Enterprise Edition
- Small Business Server |
- Home Basic
- Home Premium
- Business
- Enterprise
- Ultimate |
- Web Edition
- Standard Edition
- Enterprise Edition |
| Database Server Requirements: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard SP2 (32-bit)13 |
Windows XP SP2
(32-bit only) |
Windows Server 2003 SP2
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Vista
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Server 2008
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
- Home
- Professional
- Media Center 2004
- Media Center 2005 |
- Standard Edition
- Enterprise Edition
- Small Business Server |
- Home Basic
- Home Premium
- Business
- Enterprise
- Ultimate |
- Web Edition
- Standard Edition
- Enterprise Edition |
| Database Server Requirements: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard SP2 (32-bit)14 |
Windows XP SP2
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Windows Server 2003 SP2
(64-bit only) |
Windows Vista
(64-bit only) |
Windows Server 2008
(64-bit only) |
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- Standard Edition
- Enterprise Edition |
- Home Basic
- Home Premium
- Business
- Enterprise
- Ultimate |
- Web Edition
- Standard Edition
- Enterprise Edition |
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- Requires manual installation of SQL Server 2005 and Service Pack 2
- Requires manual set up of the ACT! database instance |
| Network Sync Service Requirements |
Windows XP SP2
(32-bit only) |
Windows Server 2003 SP2
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Vista
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Server 2008
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
- Home
- Professional
- Media Center 2004
- Media Center 2005 |
- Web Edition
- Standard Edition
- Enterprise Edition
- Small Business Server |
- Home Basic
- Home Premium
- Business
- Enterprise
- Ultimate
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- Web Edition
- Standard Edition
- Enterprise Edition |
| Internet Sync Service Requirements |
Windows XP SP2
(32-bit only) |
Windows Server 2003 SP2
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Vista
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Server 2008
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
- Professional |
- Web Edition
- Standard Edition
- Enterprise Edition
- Small Business Server |
- Business
- Enterprise
- Ultimate
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- Web Edition
- Standard Edition
- Enterprise Edition |
- IIS 5.1
- ASP.NET |
- IIS 6.015
- ASP.NET16 |
- IIS 7.017
- ASP.NET
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| ACT! Link for Palm OS Requirements |
Windows XP SP2
(32-bit only) |
Windows Server 2003 SP2
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Vista
(32-bit only18) |
Windows Server 2008
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
- Home
- Professional
- Media Center 2004
- Media Center 2005 |
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- Home Basic
- Home Premium
- Business
- Enterprise
- Ultimate
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Device Requirements |
- Palm OS 3.5-5.4
- 33 MHz device processor
- 8 MB system memory; 500 KB free plus 1 KB for each contact
- Palm HotSync Manager 3.5-4.1.0 (4.1.0 recommended for Windows XP, included with Palm Desktop 4.1.4e) and 7.0.2 (included with Palm Desktop 6.2)19
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| ACT! Link for Pocket PC Requirements |
Windows XP SP220
(32-bit only) |
Windows Server 2003 SP2
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Vista21
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
Windows Server 2008
(32-bit and 64-bit) |
- Home
- Professional
- Media Center 2004
- Media Center 2005 |
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- Home Basic
- Home Premium
- Business
- Enterprise
- Ultimate
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Device Requirements |
- Pocket PC 2000, 2002 and Phone Edition (Windows CE 3.0)
- Windows Mobile 2003 (Windows CE 4.0 and 4.20.0)
- Windows Mobile 2005, 5.0 and 6.0
- 133 MHz device processor
- 16 MB system memory; 500 KB free plus 1 KB for each contact
- Microsoft ActiveSync 3.5-4.5 (4.5 recommended for Windows XP)
- Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1
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Works With |
- Microsoft Outlook 2002, 2003, and 2007 (SP3 recommended for Outlook 2002 and 2003)
- Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 SP222
- Lotus Notes 6.5, 7.0.2, and 8.0
- Eudora 5.2
- Internet Mail SMTP/POP3
- Microsoft Office 2002, 2003, and 2007 (SP3 recommended for Office 2002 and 2003)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.023
- Adobe Reader 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0
- QuickBooks Pro, Premier 2006, 2007, and 2008 (requires additional Accounting Link product)
- VMWare Workstation 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0; VMWare Server 1.0.1
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| Scalability Recommendations24 |
