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Infrastructure requirements
Overview of infrastructure requirements necessary for installation.
Manage the Windows firewall
The Windows firewall impacts how components residing on different computers communicate.
Disable the firewall
The Windows firewall should be disable for Touchstone and Touchstone Re installations.

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Introduction
Hardware & OS recommendations
The following material discusses the specific type of CPU, RAM, disk, and network configurations that are required as well as brand recommendations.
Deployment options
Various deployment options are available for a Touchstone or Touchstone Re installation.
Infrastructure requirements
Overview of infrastructure requirements necessary for installation.
- Required Windows roles & features
  Windows and the installation.
- Proxy exceptions
  Proxy settings and the installation.
- Manage the Windows firewall
  The Windows firewall impacts how components residing on different computers communicate.
  - Disable the firewall
    The Windows firewall should be disable for Touchstone and Touchstone Re installations.
  - Leave the firewall on
    Running Touchstone and Touchstone Re with the firewall enabled.
- Assigned ports
  Assigned ports can be dynamic or static.
- Disable user account control
  For Touchstone and Touchstone Re to function properly, User Account Control needs to be disabled across all of the machines in the environment.
- Manage antivirus software
  Antivirus software should be turned off for Touchstone and Touchstone Re installations.
- Group policy settings
  In some scenarios group policies may override the antivirus exclusion, network card offload settings, and active scans on Verisk folders after the system reboots.

Disable the firewall

The Windows firewall should be disable for Touchstone and Touchstone Re installations.

Only users with admin-level permission should tinker with the firewall.

Procedure

Click the Start menu.
Select Control Panel.
In the Control Panel

If your Control Panel is set to Category View, you must first click System and Security, then click Windows Firewall.

If your Control Panel is set to Small Icon View, find Windows Firewall and click it.
In the Windows Firewall dialog, click Turn Windows Firewall on or off (located in the left-hand pane).

Windows firewall should be disabled on all levels.