Software Requirements for ASP.NET MVC 4

Software Requirements for ASP.NET MVC 4:

ASP.NET MVC 4 runs on the following operating systems:

Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, Windows 7, and Windows 8

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit x86), Windows

Server 2003 R2 x64 editions, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and

Windows Server 2012.

The minimum .NET version required is 4.0, and for development you need the following:

Windows PowerShell 2.0. Windows PowerShell is a task-based, command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration. The built-in Windows commands, known as cmdlets, help you to manage your Windows environment as well as other applications installed, such as the database SQL Server.

Either Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1, Visual Web Developer Express 2010 Service Pack 1, Visual Studio 2012, or Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web. The Express editions are free downloads, and the only difference from the paid versions is that they are missing certain features, such as add-ins, an extended set of project templates, XML and UML features, performance and analysis features, and so on.