DNN Platform Requirements

DNN Version: 10.00.00

02/16/2025 • 2 minutes to read

Contributors

02/16/2025 • 2 minutes to read • Contributors

The following information applies to DNN Platform 10.0.0 and later.

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 10
Windows 11
Windows Server 2016 or Later
Microsoft Azure App Service (PaaS)

Note

The Microsoft IIS feature must be installed/enabled

.NET Framework Minimum

4.8.0

Database Server

DNN Platform requires a single Microsoft SQL Server database and supports all current editions of Microsoft SQL Server including.

Microsoft SQL Server 2017
Microsoft SQL Server 2019
Microsoft SQL Server 2022
Microsoft Azure SQL Database

Note

Although DNN products can utilize any edition of SQL Server production environments should consider possible performance limitations if using Express editions of SQL Server.

Browsers

Chrome
Firefox
Microsoft Edge
Safari for Mac

Note

DNN products are tested on the latest browser versions at the time of release. Although untested, older browsers could still work.

Developer IDEs

For creating extensions:

Visual Studio 2022 (including Community Edition with latest updates)

Note

Starting with DNN 10.0.0, .NET Framework 4.8.0+ is required, however, it is still possible to use older versions of Visual Studio, and .NET Framework for extension development. The minimum version for extension development is dependent upon the targeted DNN Minimum Version.

For contributing to DNN Platform:

Visual Studio 2022 (including Community Edition with latest updates)
Latest dotnet SDK
Latest node (LTS)

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