Hosting and Requirements
Hosting
Photon Server runs on any hosting provider that supports Windows.
Selected Cloud Providers
Selected Bare Metal Providers
Requirements
Hosting Only
To host Photon servers, the requirements for the production environment are the following:
Minimum
- Windows Server 2012 R2 x64
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6
Recommended
- Windows Server 2019 x64
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
Development
For using Photon SDKs to develop your server, the requirements for the development environment are the following:
Minimum
- Windows 8.1
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6
Recommended
- Windows 10 x64
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
Photon Communication Ports
Find the list of required ports by default at this page.