System Requirements

Aspera for SharePoint requires the following:

Your Microsoft SharePoint installation

A SharePoint implementation:
- SharePoint Server 2013 or 2016.
  or
- SharePoint for Office 365.
For on-premises deployments (SharePoint Server):
- Your SharePoint implementation should be
  - Running on Windows 2012 or 2012 R2.
  - An on-premise deployment or a cloud deployment in which you performed the installation and have remote desktop access to the virtual machines.
  - Provisioned to host SharePoint apps.
  - Configured to use Active Directory (Kerberos or NTLM).
- IIS version 8.0 or higher.
- A domain name and matching wildcard certificate. The domain name must be different than that used for your SharePoint farm. This certificate and domain must be configured on both the SharePoint server(s) and the Aspera for SharePoint remote web server (see below).

The Aspera for SharePoint product

For the Aspera transfer server:
- Windows 2012 or 2012 R2; or Linux.
- IBM Aspera Enterprise Server 3.5.6 or higher, with a Connect Server-enabled license, configured as a node.
  For instructions on configuring Enterprise Server, see the Enterprise Server documentation, in its Setting Up Token Authorization section.
  
  The transfer server must be installed, configured, and running before you set up Aspera for SharePoint.
For data storage:
- Physical storage or cloud storage (Azure or other cloud options).
For the Aspera remote web server and monitor service:
- Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 (or cloud equivalent).
- The server must be a member of the Active Directory domain.
- A fully separate domain (not a subdomain) for the Aspera for SharePoint application, with
  - DNS set up.
  - Wildcard DNS set up.
- A wildcard SSL certificate for the Aspera for SharePoint domain.
- IIS version 8.0 or higher.
- An Active Directory user account and password that is also a SharePoint Site Collection administrator.
Note: The remote web server and monitor service can be installed on the same system as the Aspera transfer server, but for performance reasons, this is not recommended.
For the Aspera for SharePoint application (SPApp.app):
- The wildcard SSL certificate (see above).
For the client computers:
- A SharePoint-supported browser (for full SharePoint functionality, Internet Explorer).
- The IBM Aspera Connect web browser plugin, version 3.5 or higher.
- Optional: IBM Aspera Drive 1.3.5 or higher.