Technical Requirements

Apply to both RedHorse CRM and RedHorse Business Manager suites.

Server Requirements

  • Microsoft® Windows Server 2008 minimum requirement, 2019 or higher recommended
  • Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 minimum requirement, 2019 or higher recommended, Express or higher depending upon size of database
  • 3.0 GHz or faster CPU
  • 16 GB RAM minimum requirement, higher recommended depending upon size of database
  • 500 MB minimum requirement, more recommended depending upon size of database

Workstation Requirements

  • Any of
    • Microsoft® Windows 10, 32Bit or 64Bit
    • Microsoft® Windows 11 64Bit
  • 3 GHz or faster CPU
  • 8 GB RAM or more recommended

Other Requirements

  • Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Only required if using integrated reports
    • Included with Microsoft SQL Server Express with Advanced Services and higher
  • Microsoft Word 2016 or higher, Professional or higher, Office 365 (Business, Business Premium, Enterprise ProPlus, Enterprise E3)
    • Only required if using merged documents with Word
  • Microsoft Outlook 2016 or higher, Professional or higher, Office 365 (Business, Business Premium, Enterprise ProPlus, Enterprise E3)
    • Only required if using email integration with Outlook
  • QuickBooks Desktop 2009 or higher, Professional or higher
    • Only required if linking RedHorse to QuickBooks Desktop
  • QuickBooks Online subscription, Small Business Simple Start or higher
    • Only required if linking RedHorse to QuickBooks Online
  • Microsoft Edge browser
  • Router or Firewall outbound connection for FTP on TCP port 21 and MySQL on TCP port 3306

We are committed to making sure our products are up to date with the latest Microsoft Technology and keep our own systems updated with the latest Microsoft releases. We are using RedHorse live in our offices on workstations running Windows 11 x64 with Edge and we are very happy. RedHorse is completely compatible with and very fast on Windows 11!

We are also hosted on SQL Server 2022 and running smoothly. We run Microsoft Office 365 and have complete compatibility with our Word and Outlook links. We stand behind RedHorse running on the latest available Microsoft systems. We can also confirm compatibility with QuickBooks Online and Stripe.com – we use them live in our office here too!