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Synopsis: This document describes the BECS 5.5x
prerequisites installation.
BECS Prerequisites Installation
Contents BECS prerequisites installation guide ........................................................................................................... 2
BECS Integrator Server and BECS Visual Architect requirements ................................................................. 2
BECS Integration Server hardware minimal requirements: .................................................................. 2
BECS Visual Architect hardware minimal requirements: ...................................................................... 2
BECS Visual Architect software requirements: ..................................................................................... 2
Software prerequisites .......................................................................................................................... 3
BECS prerequisites and BECS installation video guide .......................................................................... 3
Step 1 – Adding roles and features ............................................................................................................... 4
Step 2 - MS SQL Server Installation ............................................................................................................. 11
Step 3 - MS SQL Server Management Studio Installation ........................................................................... 18
Step 4 - MS Visual Studio (Isolated) Installation ......................................................................................... 19
Step 5 - MS Visual Studio SDK Installation .................................................................................................. 22
Step 6 - MS Visual Studio SDK Installation .................................................................................................. 24
Step 7 - Visual C++ installation .................................................................................................................... 26
Number: B000XXXX
Updated: 6th March 2020
State: Draft Scope: BECS 5.5x Prerequisites Installation
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BECS prerequisites installation guide
The BECS prerequisites installation guide will help you install BECS prerequisites on your computer,
guiding you through the BECS prerequisites step by step. Depending on your hardware configuration,
the whole installation process of prerequisites will take about 30 minutes.
BECS Integrator Server and BECS Visual Architect requirements
BECS Integration Server hardware minimal requirements:
Processor: Intel Pentium 5 or higher (or equivalent from other vendors), at 2GHz or more, x86 or x64
platform
RAM: 4GB RAM
Disk space (SW installation): 500MB minimum
Disk space (application data): 10GB
Network: LAN Ethernet 100MB/s or faster
BECS Integration Server software requirements:
Operating system: Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012/2016 (x86 or x64 versions)
Other requirements: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (full profile) or higher including this, Internet
Information Services 6.0 or higher (depending on OS version) with ASP.NET 4.0, Microsoft Message
Queuing Service (part of the Windows Server installation, not installed by default), Microsoft Windows
Installer 4.5 or higher
System database: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 or higher (can be on different machine)
SAP (only if planned to connect): SAP GUI 7.20 or higher librfc32.dll installation required Development
Tools (Unicode RFC Libraries) installation required
Oracle (only if planned to connect): Oracle ODAC 11.2.0.1.2 with ODP.NET installed
BECS Visual Architect hardware minimal requirements:
Processor: Intel Pentium 5 or higher (or equivalent from other vendors), at 2GHz or more, x86 or x64
platform
RAM: 2GB RAM
Disk space (SW installation): 500MB minimum
Disk space (application data): 1GB
Network: LAN Ethernet 100MB/s or faster
BECS Visual Architect software requirements:
Operating system: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10 (x86 or x64
versions), Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012/2016 (x86 or x64 versions)
Other requirements: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (full profile) or higher including this, Microsoft
Message Queuing Service (part of the Windows Server installation, not installed by default), Microsoft
Windows Installer 4.5 or higher
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Designer environment: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Integrated Shell (part of the EP installation),
Microsoft Visual Studio DSL package (part of the EP installation), Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SDK (part
of the EP installation)
SAP (only if planned to connect): SAP GUI 7.20 or higher librfc32.dll installation required, Development
Tools (Unicode RFC Libraries) installation required
Oracle (only if planned to connect): Oracle ODAC 11.2.0.1.2 with ODP.NET installed
This guide assumes a working internet connection is available. Please, check that your system meets the
minimum requirements.
Software prerequisites
First of all, you need to have all prerequisites installed. For successful installation of BECS it is necessary
to have installed these prerequisites:
.NET Framework 4.7.2, .NET Framework FX 4.0.
MSMQ (local or remote)
IIS 6 Web Server
MS SQL Server (local or remote instance)
MS SQL Server Management Studio
Microsoft Visual Studio Shell 2010 (Isolated)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SDK
Visual C++
The installation guide gives instructions for general settings and prerequisites.
The whole installation process will require a restart of your computer several times.
The screens can vary on systems and browser used at your side. The screens can vary on systems and
browser used at your side. For example, the screens can be different using Server Management
Dashboard in MS Server environment for adding roles and features. In Windows 10 operational system
you can select the Windows Features window (Control Panel) to see more info about settings or put a
check in the box to enable the program. In case you do not know which Windows version you have, and
how to enter the Adding roles and Features Wizard, check it at Microsoft Support website.
BECS prerequisites and BECS installation video guide
Bentley Bratislava Team prepared also a video guide for the BECS prerequisites and BECS installation
both at the Bentley SharePoint pages (Bentley Bratislava Team):
https://bentley.sharepoint.com/sites/BentleyBratislavaTeam/SitePages/BECS-Installation.aspx
and also at Bentley Communities pages (AssetWise Enterprise Interoperability / BECS):
https://communities.bentley.com/products/assetwise/assetwise-enterprise-
interoperability/w/becs/43416/becs-installation
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Step 1 – Adding roles and features
Open the Control panel / Programs and turn on Windows features.
Tick all of the needed Windows features and make sure all of them are turned on according to the
picture on next page (.NET Framework, Web Server – IIS, ASP.NET, Message Queuing).
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Click on “Let Windows Update download the files for you”.
After download, applying changes and completed changes close the window.
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Right-click in the next step to “Manage” in “This PC” from the left menu.
Then click on “Private Queues” in “Message Queueing”.
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Right-click in the center sheet of Private Queues and choose “New / Private Queue”.
Add name to your new private queue and then click on “OK”.
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A new Private Queue has been created:
Right-click on the new private queue in the center sheet and choose “Properties”.
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Choose “Security” in the Properties window.
Click on “Everyone” in Group or user names:
+
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Click on “Allow” for all fields in Permissions table and press “OK” when finished.
Step 2 - MS SQL Server Installation
Choose the SQL Server 2017 Media from the BECS prerequisites installation package.
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Ren “Setup” from “Evaluation_ENU” folder.
Click “Installation” from the new window.
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Select “New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation”.
Select “Specify a free edition”, then press “Next”.
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Accept the license terms and click “Next”.
When installation passed, click “Next”.
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Choose “Database Engine Services” in Features window, then click “Next”.
Click “Next” in the Instance Configuration window.
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Click “Next” in Server Configuration window.
Choose “Mixed Mode” for Authentication, fill in your and confirm password. Then press “Add Current
User” at the bottom of Database Engine Configuration window and click “Next”.
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Click “Next” for SQL Server installation.
When the installation is completed, click “Close”.
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Step 3 - MS SQL Server Management Studio Installation
Choose SSMS Setup ENU for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio installation from BECS
prerequisites installation package.
Click “Install” to begin in the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio window.
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Click “Close” when setup completed.
Step 4 - MS Visual Studio (Isolated) Installation
Choose VSIsoShell from BECS prerequisites installation package for Microsoft VisualStudio 2010 Shell
installation.
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Accept the information and click “Next”.
Accept the license terms and click “Next”.
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Press “Install” for installation.
Click “Finish” when installation is completed.
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Step 5 - MS Visual Studio SDK Installation
Choose VsSDK_sfx from BECS prerequisites installation package for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Shell
installation.
Press “Next” from Setup window.
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Accept the License Agreement and click “Next”.
Select the destination folder for installation and press “Next”.
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Click “Exit” when installation completed.
Step 6 - MS Visual Studio SDK Installation
Choose vs_vmsdk from BECS prerequisites installation package for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Visualization and Modeling SDK installation.
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Accept the License Agreement and click “Next”.
Press “Next” for installation.
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Click “Close” when installation completed.
Step 7 - Visual C++ installation
Choose VisualC++ v56 from BECS prerequisites installation package for Visual C++ installation.
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Press “Y” to continue the installation.
The whole installation process might require a restart of your computer.
Press any key to exit the Visual C++ installation.
Now all of the BECS prerequisites are installed for the BECS installation.