Portfolio Administration

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System requirements

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The latest system requirements and other information is available at Portfolio System Requirements.

These requirements are the minimum necessary to reasonably use Portfolio on a regular basis.

A minimal Portfolio installation consists of a server system and a client system. A more typical setup will include a server, possibly one or more Media Engine systems, and multiple clients.

For a brief discussion of different Portfolio systems, see Portfolio system types.

For a more in-depth look at server system configuration recommendations, see System recommendations.

Server and Media Engine

  • An Internet connection is required for the activation and use of Portfolio.

    Please see this article for more information.

  • Windows® Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, or Windows Server 2019

    —OR—

    macOS™ 10.11 through 10.15 and macOS 11 (Big Sur)

    Note: We currently do not support running the Portfolio server or Media Engine on Apple M1 systems.

  • 2.0 GHz or faster 4-core processor (8 or more processor cores will improve performance of catalogs with over 500,000 assets)

  • 16 GB RAM

  • 100 Mbit/s or faster network connection (between the Portfolio server system and asset storage; 1000 Mbit/s recommended)

  • Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.5 and .NET Framework 4.5 (for Windows Server systems)*

  • Adobe® DNG Converter for converting Raw files to DNG format

* The .NET Frameworks must be installed before you install Portfolio. The .NET Framework 4.5 is usually installed by default on Windows Server.

Portfolio Administration application

Requirements for the computer that will be used for administration. Portfolio may be administered remotely.

  • 1280×1024 or higher resolution display

  • 10 Mbit/s or faster network connection (100 Mbit/s recommended)

  • Safari® 7 or later (macOS), or the current release of Microsoft Edge, Firefox®, or Chrome™ (Windows or macOS)

Note: Since Portfolio Administration and the Web Client are browser-based, you should have no issues using either on the latest Apple M1 systems. If you run into difficulties using either of these with Safari, we recommend that you switch to the latest release of Google Chrome or Firefox.

Web client

Browser-based access to Portfolio catalogs using modern Web technologies.

  • 3 GB RAM

  • 1280×1024 or higher resolution display

  • 10 Mbit/s or faster network connection (100 Mbit/s recommended)

  • Safari 7 or later (macOS), or the current release of Microsoft Edge, Firefox, or Chrome (Windows or macOS)

Important: Microsoft has ended support for Windows 7. While Portfolio Web and Desktop will still install and run on Windows 7, we cannot guarantee to offer solutions to technical issues, especially security-related issues.

Desktop client

Desktop application supporting drag and drop.

  • Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10

    (64-bit only)

    —OR—

    macOS 10.10 through 10.15 and macOS 11 (Big Sur)

    Note: We currently do not support running Portfolio Desktop on Apple M1 systems.

  • 4 GB RAM

  • 1280×1024 or higher resolution display

  • 10 Mbit/s or faster network connection (100 Mbit/s recommended)

NetPublish sites

Supported browsers for viewing NetPublish sites.

  • Microsoft Edge (for access from Windows or macOS)

  • The current release of Firefox (Windows or macOS)

  • The current release of Chrome (Windows or macOS)

  • Safari 5.1 or later (for access from macOS)