Processor
Last updated on
Mar 28, 2024
System requirements for the latest release:
Select any of the following versions to check the system requirements:
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Multicore Intel processor (with 64-bit support) or AMD Athlon® 64 processor. |
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Operating system |
Microsoft® Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022. |
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RAM |
8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance. |
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Hard disk |
3 GB of available hard-disk space for installation
Additional free space required during installation (Windows virtual memory paging file size must be increased 2 GB for each instance of InDesign Server) |
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Monitor resolution |
Minimum 1024 x 768 display (1920 X 1080 recommended). |
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Internet connection |
This software operates with the following license activation methods:
Feature Restricted Licensing - Online: Requires an Internet connection to validate the license upon installation. After the license activation, you no longer need an Internet connection. For more information, see FRL Online Deployment Guide.
Feature Restricted Licensing - Offline: Does not require connection to the Internet. For more information, see FRL Offline Deployment Guide. |
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Processor |
Multicore Intel processor or Apple silicon/M1/M2. |
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Operating System |
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RAM |
8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance. |
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Hard disk |
4 GB of available hard-disk space for installation.
Additional free space is required during installation (cannot install on UFS, ZFS, HFS, or APFS case-sensitive formatted volumes or partitions). |
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Monitor resolution |
1024 x 768 display (1920 x 1080 recommended). |
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Internet connection |
This software operates with the following license activation methods:
Feature Restricted Licensing - Online: Requires an Internet connection to validate the license upon installation. After the license activation, you no longer need an Internet connection. For more information, see FRL Online Deployment Guide.
Feature Restricted Licensing - Offline: Does not require connection to the Internet. For more information, see FRL Offline Deployment Guide. |
InDesign Server is not supported on case-sensitive file systems, removable storage devices, and network drives.1
NOTES:
1. Some of the unsupported virtualized or server-based environments include but are not limited to, Citrix Metaframe/Citrix Presentation Server, NVIDIA Grid, Microsoft App-V, VMWare, Parallels, and Virtual PC. "Thin Clients" are also server-based environments. Illustrator has a few technical support boundaries for virtualized or server-based environments.
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Processor |
Multicore Intel processor (with 64-bit support) or AMD Athlon® 64 processor. |
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Operating system |
Microsoft® Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022. |
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RAM |
Minimum 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance. |
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Hard disk |
3 GB of available hard-disk space for installation
Additional free space required during installation (Windows virtual memory paging file size must be increased 2 GB for each instance of InDesign Server) |
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Monitor resolution |
1024 x 768 display (1920 X 1080 recommended). |
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Internet connection |
This software operates with the following license activation methods:
Feature Restricted Licensing - Online: Requires an Internet connection to validate the license upon installation. After the license activation, you no longer need an Internet connection. For more information, see FRL Online Deployment Guide.
Feature Restricted Licensing - Offline: Does not require connection to the Internet. For more information, see FRL Offline Deployment Guide. |
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Processor |
Multicore Intel processor or Apple silicon/M1. |
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Operating System |
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RAM |
Minimum 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance. |
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Hard disk |
4 GB of available hard-disk space for installation.
Additional free space is required during installation (cannot install on UFS, ZFS, HFS, or APFS case-sensitive formatted volumes or partitions). |
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Monitor resolution |
1024 x 768 display (1920 x 1080 recommended), Retina display support. |
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Internet connection |
This software operates with the following license activation methods:
Feature Restricted Licensing - Online: Requires an Internet connection to validate the license upon installation. After the license activation, you no longer need an Internet connection. For more information, see FRL Online Deployment Guide.
Feature Restricted Licensing - Offline: Does not require connection to the Internet. For more information, see FRL Offline Deployment Guide. |
InDesign Server is not supported on case-sensitive file systems, removable storage devices, and network drives.1
Windows
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Processor |
Multicore Intel processor (with 64-bit support) or AMD Athlon® 64 processor. |
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Operating system |
Microsoft® Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019. |
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RAM |
Minimum 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance. |
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Hard disk |
3 GB of available hard-disk space for installation
Additional free space required during installation (Windows virtual memory paging file size must be increased 2 GB for each instance of InDesign Server) |
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Monitor resolution |
1024 x 768 display (1920 X 1080 recommended). |
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Supported Video Adapter |
32-bit Video Card |
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Internet connection |
This software operates with the following license activation methods:
Feature Restricted Licensing - Online: Requires an Internet connection to validate the license upon installation. After the license activation, you no longer need an Internet connection. For more information, see FRL Online Deployment Guide.
Feature Restricted Licensing - Offline: Does not require connection to the Internet. For more information, see FRL Offline Deployment Guide. |
macOS
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Processor |
Multicore Intel processor or Apple silicon/M1. |
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Operating System |
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RAM |
Minimum 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance. |
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Hard disk |
4 GB of available hard-disk space for installation.
Additional free space is required during installation (cannot install on UFS, ZFS, HFS, or APFS case-sensitive formatted volumes or partitions). |
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Monitor resolution |
1024 x 768 display (1920 x 1080 recommended), Retina display support. |
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Supported Video Adapter |
32-bit Video Card |
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Internet connection |
This software operates with the following license activation methods:
Feature Restricted Licensing - Online: Requires an Internet connection to validate the license upon installation. After the license activation, you no longer need an Internet connection. For more information, see FRL Online Deployment Guide.
Feature Restricted Licensing - Offline: Does not require connection to the Internet. For more information, see FRL Offline Deployment Guide. |
System requirements | September 2021 (16.4) release of InDesign Server
Windows
- Intel® Pentium® 5 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (dual core and faster)
- Microsoft® Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019
- 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance
- 3 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (Windows virtual memory paging file size must be increased 2 GB for each instance of InDesign Server)
- 1024 x 768 display (1920 X 1080 recommended) with 32-bit video card
- This software will not operate without activation. Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
macOS
- Multicore Intel or Apple Silicon processor
- macOS v10.14, v10.15, v11.0
- 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance
- 4 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on UFS, ZFS, HFS, or APFS case-sensitive formatted volumes or partitions)
- 1024 x 768 display (1920 X 1080 recommended) with 32-bit video card
- This software will not operate without activation. Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
System requirements | May 2021 (16.2.1) and December 2020 (16.0) release of InDesign Server
Windows
- Intel® Pentium® 5 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (dual core and faster)
- Microsoft® Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019
- 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance
- 3 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (Windows virtual memory paging file size must be increased 2 GB for each instance of InDesign Server)
- 1024 x 768 display (1920 X 1080 recommended) with 32-bit video card
- This software will not operate without activation. Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
macOS
- Multicore Intel processor
- macOS v10.14, v10.15, v11.0
- 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance
- 4 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on UFS, ZFS, HFS, or APFS case-sensitive formatted volumes or partitions)
- 1024 x 768 display (1920 X 1080 recommended) with 32-bit video card
- This software will not operate without activation. Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
System requirements | July 2020 (15.1.1) release of InDesign Server
Windows
- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (dual core and faster)
- Microsoft® Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019
- 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance
- 1.6 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (Windows virtual memory paging file size must be increased 2 GB for each instance of InDesign Server)
- 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
- This software will not operate without activation. Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
macOS
- Multicore Intel processor
- macOS v10.13, v10.14, v10.15
- 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance
- 1.8 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on UFS, ZFS, HFS, or APFS case-sensitive formatted volumes or partitions)
- 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
- This software will not operate without activation. Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
System requirements | December 2019 (15.0) release of InDesign Server
Windows
- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (dual core and faster)
- Microsoft® Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019
- 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance
- 1.6 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (Windows virtual memory paging file size must be increased 2 GB for each instance of InDesign Server)
- 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
- This software will not operate without activation. Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
macOS
- Multicore Intel processor
- macOS v10.13, v10.14
- 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance
- 1.8 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on UFS, ZFS, HFS, or APFS case-sensitive formatted volumes or partitions)
- 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
- This software will not operate without activation. Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
System requirements | November 2017 (13.0) release of InDesign CC Server
Windows
- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (dual core and faster)
- Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 (64 bit), Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 bit), and Windows Server 2016.
- 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance
- 1.6 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (Windows virtual memory paging file size must be increased 2 GB for each instance of InDesign Server)
- 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
- Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files.
- This software will not operate without activation. Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
Mac OS
- Multicore Intel processor
- Mac OS X Server v10.11, v10.12, and v10.13.
- 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended); 2–8 GB per additional instance
- 1.8 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on UFS, ZFS, HFS, or APFS case-sensitive formatted volumes or partitions)
- 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
- Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files.
- This software will not operate without activation. Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, membership validation, and access to online services.
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