System Requirements

Sensus Web requires a PC running Windows for creating surveys and working with respondent data. Sensus Web also requires that you have the Internet Information Services (IIS) and Internet Explorer installed on your PC. A high-speed Internet connection is recommended for deploying questionnaires, coding and editing data online, and downloading respondent data.

For hosting surveys, Sensus Web server requires a Windows server with IIS installed. The server must permit the installation of third-party applications. This may be a virtual server. Sensus Web cannot be used with Microsoft Remote Apps or directly over VPN. You can RDP to another workstation to work from as an alternative.


Sensus Web Configuration

Component Minimum Requirements
Questionnaire Authoring
station (client component)
Processor: Pentium III 1 GHz (32-bit / 64-bit)
RAM: 1 GB
Hard Drive: 1 GB

Operating System: Microsoft Windows

Supported versions:

  • Windows XP SP3**
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10

**Sensus questionnaire-authoring stations cannot run on Windows XP Home Edition, which does not permit the installation of IIS
Additional Windows components required:
  • Internet Information Services (IIS) v5.1 or above
  • ASP .NET 2.0 or above
Sensus Web
Server (server component)
Processor: Pentium IV 2 GHz(32-bit / 64-bit)
RAM: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 1 GB

Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server

Supported versions:

  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2016
Additional components required:
  • Internet Information Services (IIS) v6.0 or above
  • ASP .NET 2.0 or above
  • FTP or FTPS (FTP over SSL)

Optional:

  • SMTP/ESMTP mail server
  • SSL (HTTPS)
  • CALs for RDP connection

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