System Requirements for MYOB Advanced 2022 R2

MYOB Advanced contains the following parts: the web interface, the server part, and the database. For each of these parts to work properly, the environment where you install and use MYOB Advanced should meet particular requirements, which are described in this topic.

Note: Before you start the installation process, install at least all critical updates (or, preferably, all available updates) for the operating system and the required software. You should also make sure that all required third-party components listed in this topic are properly installed and configured on your computer.

Workstations

The workstations that are used by employees of your organization to work with MYOB Advanced should meet hardware and software requirements listed in the table below.
Hardware/SoftwareRequirements
Display resolutionMinimum 1024 × 768, Typical 1920 x 1080
Adobe Reader (to open MYOB Advanced PDF documents)2019 or later
Microsoft Office (to view documents exported from MYOB Advanced)
  • 2019
  • 2016
  • 2013
  • 2010
  • 2007
  • 2003 with the Microsoft Office 2007 compatibility pack
Web Browsers
Microsoft Internet Explorer

9, 10, and 11 with Compatibility View turned off.

CAUTION: Starting on June 15, 2022, the browser will no longer be supported by any MYOB Advanced version.
Attention: For Microsoft Internet Explorer 10, the hotfix for the ASP.NET browser definition files in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 should be installed. For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2600088.
Microsoft Edge108 or later
Mozilla Firefox108 or later
Apple Safari15 or later
Google Chrome109 or later

Server Part

The environment where you install the server part of the MYOB Advanced should meet the hardware and software requirements listed in the following table.
Hardware/SoftwareRequirements
Operating systems
  • Windows Server 2019 64-bit edition
  • Windows Server 2016 64-bit edition
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit edition
Note: You can install the server part of MYOB Advanced on non-server operating systems, such as Windows Vista 64-bit edition, Windows 7.0 64-bit edition, Windows 8.0 64-bit edition, Windows 8.1 64-bit edition, and Windows 10 64-bit edition, but only for testing purposes. For production, you must use a server operating system.
Microsoft .NET Framework

4.8

Microsoft .NET Core 3.1
Microsoft Internet Information Services
7.0, 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, or 10, depending on the underlying operating system.
Note: You must set Enable 32-bit Applications to False in the IIS settings.

MYOB Advanced 2022 R2 supports only Integrated mode of the application pool. Classic mode is not supported. If you try to upgrade an earlier version of MYOB Advanced with Classic mode of the application pool to 2022 R2, the upgrade will not be performed, and a corresponding error message will be displayed.

Memory16 GB RAM
CPU 2 cores; 3.5 GHz
Hard Disk Space1 GB available hard disk space, plus 200 MB for each additional instance of MYOB Advanced

Database

You can find the system requirements for the MYOB Advanced database in the following table.
Hardware/SoftwareRequirements
Microsoft SQL Server
  • 2019
  • 2017
  • 2016 Service Pack 1 or later
MySQL Community Edition Server

5.7 and 8.0 64-bit edition

Memory8 GB RAM
CPU 2 cores; 2 GHz
Hard Disk SpaceFor each database, 1 GB available hard disk space. Depending on the number of transactions, additional hard disk space may be required to store large numbers of transactions.

Code Authoring Environments

To create standalone applications with MYOB Advanced or develop customizations and add-on solutions on top of MYOB Advanced, you need one of the integrated development environments (IDEs) listed in the following table.
IDERequirements
Microsoft Visual Studio with Microsoft Web Developer Tools
  • 2022: Community, Professional, and Enterprise editions