Anywhere Mobility Studio Documentation

Environment prerequisites for Business Central to run the framework

Enable the following features in Business Central to allow the Anywhere Portal to communicate with the Anywhere Framework:

Feature	Description
API Services	License data is sent to the Portal via an API. API services are also enabled for main communication of sessions and activities.
SOAP Services	SOAP services are deprecated.

Additional features may be required to successfully install the product. These are determined by the BIS version. Prerequisites for that product are on its respective pages.

Environment prerequisites to deploy the Portal

You can deploy the Portal in two environments: on-premise or in a cloud environment. The Azure environment steps are explained below. You can use different cloud providers at your own risk.

Azure environment

An Azure environment with App Services enabled is sufficient to deploy the Portal. See Azure Deployment for more information.

On-premise web server

The following table shows the installation prerequisites.

Component	Requirements
Operating System	A supported Windows version
Windows Installer	Version 3.1 or higher
Microsoft .NET Framework (.NET Core is not supported)	.NET Framework version 4 or higher
MSXML	Version 4.0 or higher
Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Services)	Version 6.0 or higher. Required components for IIS version 6.0: Application Server, Internet Information Services (IIS), Common Files, Internet Information Services Manager, World Wide Web Service. Required components for IIS version 7.0/8.0 or higher: Internet Information Services, Web Management Tools, World Wide Web Service, Application Development Features (.NET Extensibility, ASP.NET), Common HTTP Features (Static Content), Security, IIS 6 Management Compatibility (IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility, IIS 6 WMI Compatibility, IIS 6 Scripting Tools, IIS 6 Management Console).
Microsoft Dynamics Business Central	Supported versions on the Microsoft Lifecycle