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System Requirements

Windows Compatibility Information

Applications	Windows 7 Professional 32 & 64 bit	Windows 7 Utimate 32 & 64 bit
Attorney Information Manager (AIM)	•	•
Document Management	•	•
Time and Billing	•	•
Accounts Payable	•	•
Management Reports	•	•
General Ledger	•	•
Conflict of Interest	•	•
Collections	•	•
Screen Painter	•	•

* Compatibility varies based on application; update may be required. For 64 bit Windows operating systems, an updated PerfectLaw® Software Client is required. Please contact our help desk for further information via e-mail at helpdesk@perfectlaw.com or our help desk support line.

Hardware/Network Requirements for PerfectLaw Software version 7

The following recommendations are established minimum system requirements. For your specific PerfectLaw® installation requirements/recommendations, please contact one of our PerfectLaw® Network engineers.

Workstation
Running PerfectLaw^® All-in-One^® Software, word processor and e-mail program Additional requirements for Time & Billing Workstations are noted in red.	Microsoft^® Windows XP SP3 (32-bit supported) or Windows 7 Professional (32/64-bit supported) 2 GB RAM (3 GB RAM) 2 GHz Core 2 Duo (2.6 GHz Core 2 Quad) Gigabit network
Database Server
Small Sized Firms: (up to 10 users)	Microsoft^® Windows Server Microsoft^® SQL Express¹ 2.0 GHz processor 4 GB RAM 100 GB Available disk space
Standard Sized Firms: (11 to 75 users)	Microsoft Windows Server/64-bit Standard Microsoft^® SQL Server/64-bit Dual 2.6 GHz processor 8 GB RAM Available disk space requirements vary based on document storage needs
Enterprise Sized Firms: (>75 users)	Microsoft^® Windows Server/64-bit Standard Microsoft^® SQL Server/64-bit Dual/Quad 2.6 GHz processor 8 GB RAM Available disk space requirements vary based on document storage needs
Remote Offices
Connection Support	Remote office connection via Terminal Server or Terminal Server with Citrix are supported. Note: Microsoft Office 365 service for email hosting is not supported when using Citrix/Terminal Server. Please refer to Microsoft software requirements for Office 365.
Remote Access:	Microsoft^® Windows 2003/2008 32-bit and 64-bit supported 2 GB RAM free² 2 GHz minimum Gigabit network recommended
Printing	Microsoft supported printers.
WebCIS and other web parts
Web-based server	Requires Windows Server 2003/2008 IIS web services

Two workstations, representing the most common windows configuration, should be available for configuration and installation testing.

A dedicated computer and network login is required for PerfectLaw^® remote support (other than those required for normal processing by Buyer).

¹ SQL Express Edition supports a limited database size, single processor server, and 1 GB of RAM in the buffer pool. Depending on performance requirements and existing hardware, Standard SQL may be required.

² Additional memory be required depending upon the number of concurrent users.

Additional System Requirements for Applications

Application	Requirements
PerfectLaw® Imaging Capture Tool (Paperless Workflow®)	Software resides on a workstation with Windows 32-bit Desktop Operating System (not server) Intel Core Duo 3.0 GHz (maximum performance) with 1 GB available RAM 40+ pages per min. (maximum performance) Ideally, the OCR/OWR processor should reside on a standalone workstation because it is resource intensive Requires AIM 7 or later
NOTE: Paperless Workflow^® requires an available SMTP server for emailing notification and documents. NOTE: OPTIONAL OCR/OWR Add-On resides on the same machine. Imaging capture tool and OCR/OWR Add-on run as foreground applications, meaning the computer it's running on can't be logged off or shutdown. It is recommended to install the capture tool on a workstation that is not used by any users. Or if running on a server, the server should not be logged off. Simply lock the screen.
PerfectLaw^® iAIM Web Services iSlips / iDocuments	Microsoft^® Windows Desktop or Windows Server Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz (maximum performance) with 1 GB available RAM IIS 6.0 or later Internet Domain Name Required Microsoft .NET 3.5 or later Requires AIM Version 7 or later
Exchange Profile Service (EPS)	Same workstation configuration as above (can reside on the same machine as Paperless Workflow^®) Microsoft Outlook 32-bit Microsoft Exchange Dedication Email Account Application runs as a foreground application, Windows desktop must be logged in
PerfectLaw^® Exchange PLSync Exchange 2007/2010	Software resides on a workstation (or a virtual machine) with Windows 32-bit Desktop Operating System (not server) as a service Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz (maximum performance) with 1 GB available RAM Requires AIM 7 or later PerfectLaw^® supports Outlook 2007 with Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2010 with Exchange 2010
PerfectLaw^® Exchange PLSync Exchange 2003	Software installed on Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or higher as a service Single Store and Single Server only Requires AIM 5.9 or later The workstation must have outlook 2003 installed
PerfectLaw^® Full Text Search	Windows Server 2003,2008,2008 R2 required when using full text indexer with Office 2007 documents (currently Windows Server 2012 does not support full text index searching) Additional disks will be required for Full Text Index storage Additional Microsoft filter required for Office 2007 document indexing
NOTE: Full text search of profiled MSG files stored on a Windows 2008 64-bit server requires Outlook 2010 64-bit installed on the server. Outlook 2010 64-bit not included with purchase.