Target Audience and System Requirements

Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0

previous page next page
DropDown image DropDownHover image Collapse image Expand image CollapseAll image ExpandAll image Copy image CopyHover image

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.
previous page start next page