ActivityHD Online Help
Getting started with ActivityHD
If you're new to ActivityHD, you'll find these links helpful for learning how to get around the system:
What's new with ActivityHD?
Did you know it's easy to access the latest release notes for ActivityHD? Simply click here or select Release Notes near the top of the table of contents.
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System requirements
ActivityHD Explorer client
| Operating System | Windows 10 or newer |
| Processor | 2.0 GHz or faster (multi-core processor preferred) |
| Memory | 4 GB minimum (8 GB preferred) |
| Hard Disk Space | 1 GB minimum |
| Network | 100 Mbps or greater |
| Printers | AccountingWare recommends a network-based printer which works with a global or universal print driver. Common drivers include:
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| Other | Microsoft Excel (version 2016 or later with VBA support required to edit, view, or print custom financial statements) |
| Microsoft 365. If using in lieu of Microsoft Office, requires a plan with access to desktop versions of the applications; minimum requirement is "Microsoft 365 Apps for business". The cloud version of Microsoft 365 is NOT supported. | |
| Minimum screen resolution 1920 x 1080 or higher | |
| Dual monitors recommended | |
| Dot matrix printers not supported | |
| Crystal Reports 2008 license required to modify report designs | |
| Note | ActivityHD Explorer can run in Terminal Services or Citrix environments |
| Client machine must be part of a Windows domain | |
| Virtual environments supported |
ActivityHD Database Server
Note
The database server and ActivityHD server are often installed on the same machine.
| Operating System | Windows Server 2022 (64-bit) (recommended) |
| Windows Server 2019 (64-bit) (recommended) | |
| Windows Server 2016 (64-bit) | |
| Software | Microsoft SQL Server 2022, Standard or Enterprise (64-bit) (recommended) |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2019, Standard or Enterprise (64-bit) | |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2017, Standard or Enterprise (64-bit) | |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2016, Standard or Enterprise (64-bit) | |
| Processor | Multi-core processors required |
| Memory | 32 GB - 64 GB (depending on database size and number of users) |
| Hard Disk Space | 100 GB minimum |
| Network | 1 GigE or greater |
| Other | .NET Framework 4.0 |
| SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) | |
| Note | ActivityHD Server and ActivityHD Database Server are frequently installed on the same physical system |
| The database server machine must be part of a Windows domain | |
| Customer must provide remote access (using VPN technology) to the database server machine for implementation and support |
ActivityHD Server
Note
The ActivityHD server and database server are often installed on the same machine.
| Operating System | Windows Server 2022 (64-bit) (recommended) |
| Windows Server 2019 (64-bit) (recommended) | |
| Windows Server 2016 (64-bit) | |
| Processor | Multi-core processors required |
| Memory | 32 GB - 64 GB (depending on database size and number of users) |
| Hard Disk Space | 20 GB minimum (depending on company size and number of companies) |
| Network | 1 GigE or greater |
| Other | SQL Server 2014 Native Client (supplied if not present) |
| SQL Server 2012 Native Client (supplied if not present) | |
| Crystal Reports 2008 (supplied) | |
| Office Standard 32-bit: Excel and Word (2013 or later with VBA support) (desirable, but not required) | |
| Note | ActivityHD Server and ActivityHD Database Server are frequently installed on the same physical system |
| Virtual environments supported | |
| Server machine(s) must be part of a Windows domain | |
| Customer must provide remote access (using VPN technology) to the company server machine for implementation and support |
ActivityHD Manager
- If installing ActivityHD Manager on the server, follow the requirements for ActivityHD Server.
- If installing ActivityHD Manager on the client, follow the requirements for ActivityHD Explorer client.
Client-server model
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ActivityHD software uses a client-server model. ActivitySystem runs as a service listening for connection requests from multiple client software instances. RPC (Remote Procedure Call) is the protocol used to communicate between the ActivityHD client and the ActivityHD System server. This communication must be permitted from both directions: initiated from the client and initiated from the server to the client.
It is common to need to adjust the firewall settings by adding exceptions which allow the client to receive inbound messages for Activity.exe and Excel.exe; both can act as client connections to the ActivitySystem service.
For Windows 2016 and later, RPC must use a random TCP port in the range 1024-65535.
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