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Target Audience and System Requirements

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This guidance is intended for software architects and software developers. To get the greatest benefit from this guidance, you should have an understanding of the following technologies:

  • Microsoft Visual C#® or Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
  • Microsoft .NET Framework

System Requirements and Prerequisites

The following are the system requirements for using Unity:

  • Operating system: Microsoft Windows® 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate; Windows Server® 2003 R2; Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Vista® with Service Pack 2; Windows XP with Service Pack 3.
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with Service Pack 1 or Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.

For a rich development environment and use of the integrated configuration tool, the following are recommended:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008 Development System with Service Pack 1 (any edition) or Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Development System (any edition)

To run the unit tests, the following are also required:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional, Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition, Visual Studio 2010 Premium, Visual Studio 2010 Professional, or Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate edition
    • Moq v3.1 assemblies.

System Requirements for Unity for Silverlight

The following are the system requirements for using Unity for SIlverlight:

  • Operating system: Microsoft Windows® 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate; Windows Server 2003 R2; Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 R2; or Windows Vista with Service Pack 2.
  • Microsoft® Silverlight™ 3 or Microsoft Silverlight 4.

For a rich development environment, the following are recommended:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008 Development System with Service Pack 1 (any edition) or Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Development System (any edition).
  • Microsoft Silverlight3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Studio 2010, or Microsoft Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010

To run the unit tests, the following are also required:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional, Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition, Visual Studio 2010 Premium, Visual Studio 2010 Professional, or Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate edition.