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Infrastructure requirements
Overview of infrastructure requirements necessary for installation.

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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.
- 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.

Infrastructure requirements

Overview of infrastructure requirements necessary for installation.

The following material discusses necessary proxy exceptions, prerequisites, and redistributable third-party software and shows the necessary ports to open and workarounds to put in place to make Touchstone and Touchstone Re run properly.