Download WinCC 7.4 Software & Installation Requirement

Software Requirements for the WinCC Installation

Certain requirements concerning the operating system and software configuration
must be met for the installation.

WinCC is released for the following operating system languages only:

• German
• English
• French
• Italian
• Spanish
• Chinese (Simplified, PR China)
• Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
• Japanese
• Korean
• Multilingual operating system (MUI version)

When using more than one server, all servers must be operated with a uniform operating system: Windows Server 2008 R2 or 2012 R2, each with the same Standard or Enterprise Edition.

Single-user systems and clients

WinCC runs under Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10.

1) Not approved for integrated operation in SIMATIC
Manager. If you are using STEP 7 and SIMATIC Manager, use Windows 7 or Windows
Server 2008 R2.

You can also run single-user systems and clients in WinCC multi-user systems
on the Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 R2.

WinCC Server

You can operate a WinCC server under Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard / Enterprise Edition.

WinCC server with up to three WinCC clients on Windows 7 /

Windows 8.1 / Windows 10

It is also possible to operate a WinCC Runtime server on the following operating systems if you are not running more than three clients:

• Windows 7
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 10

WinCC ServiceMode is not released for this configuration.

Windows computer name

Do not change the computer name

Do not change the Windows computer name after installing WinCC installation.

Illegal characters

The following characters are not permitted in the computer name:

• . , ; : ! ? ” ‘ ^ ´ ` ~ _
• + = / ¦ @ * # $ % & § °
• ( ) [ ] { } < >
• Space character

Note the following:

• Only uppercase relevant
• The first character must be a letter.
• The first 12 characters of the computer name must be unique.

Microsoft Message Queuing services

WinCC requires Microsoft Message Queuing services.

Microsoft .NET Framework under Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.5 must be installed for the Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012 R2 operating systems.

For this reason, make sure that the .Net Framework is installed before you install WinCC.

Internet Explorer – requirements

You can find the browser requirements for WinCC options in the respective installation notes for the option.

You need Microsoft Internet Explorer to open the WinCC online help. Recommended versions:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer V10.0 (32-bit)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer V11.0 (32-bit)

If you wish to fully use WinCC’s HTML Help, you must permit the use of JavaScript under “Internet Options” in Internet Explorer.

Operation with multiple network adapters

When a server is used with several network adapters, read the notes in the WinCC Information System under “Configurations > Distributed Systems > System behavior in Runtime > Special features of communication using a server with several network adapters”.

Process communication driver

To install the SIMATIC NET drivers, use the latest SIMATIC NET DVD.

Adapting security policies

The operating system must permit the installation of unsigned drivers and files. Detailed information is available in the section “Adapting Security Policies under Windows”.

Checking the “Path” environment variable

Before starting WinCC, you should check the entries in the “Path” environment variable.

A few programs insert paths containing quotation marks in the environment variable. These paths can prevent WinCC from starting or limit its functionality. The paths with quotation marks can also interfere with the software of other manufacturers.

Open the “System properties” dialog in the Control Panel. Open the “Environment variables” dialog using the “Environment variables” button on the “Advanced” tab, and display the value of the “Path” system tag.

If the “Path” system tag contains paths with quotation marks, reorder the entries so that these paths are called last.

Requirements for the OPC UA WinCC channel

The WinCC OPC UA Configurator requires the Java Runtime Environment.

Java Runtime is installed prior to the installation of WinCC V7.4.

To be able to work with the WinCC OPC UA Configurator, you need to download and install the latest JRE installation package. You can find the installation package on the Oracle homepage under:

• Link to Oracle download homepage

Install the latest release of the variant suitable for your operating system in the 32-bit version, at least JRE 8.

You can find additional information about the WinCC OPC UA Configurator in the WinCC Information System under “Communication > OPC UA WinCC Channel > WinCC OPC UA Configurator”.

You can find additional information on installation in Product Support under entry number = “109482513”

Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS)

If you are using the OPC-XML-DA server of WinCC, you must install the Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) before installation.

The IIS settings for the WinCC/Datamonitor, WinCC/WebNavigator, and WinCC/WebUX options can be found in the respective installation notes.

Configuring the settings

In Windows Server 2008 R2 or 2012 R2, configure the settings in Server Manager using the role “Webserver (IIS)” in the associated role services.

Activate the following settings:

• Web management tools:
  • IIS management service
  • IIS management console
  • IIS management scripts and tools
  • Compatibility with IIS Metabasis and IIS 6 configuration
  • Compatibility with WMI for IIS 6
• WWW Services > Common HTTP Features or Shared HTTP Features:
  • Standard document
  • Static content
• WWW services > Application development features:
  • .NET extendibility
  • ASP
  • ASP.NET
  • ISAPI extensions
  • ISAPI filters
• WWW Services > security:
  • Request filtering
  • Basic Authentication
  • Windows authentication

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