Supported operating systems
At the time of writing this chapter, only the Windows operating system supports the installation of SAP Intelligent RPA components. While you can install SAP Intelligent RPA components on a desktop running Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, Windows 10 (64-bit) is the recommended version. If you need to install SAP Intelligent RPA components on a server, Windows Server 2016 (64-bit) is the recommended version, but you can also use Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit).
If you cannot access a physical machine running the aforesaid operating systems or cannot get the administrator rights on your computer, consider using cloud-based virtual machines for your learning. For example, AWS, GCP, and Azure offer a free tier that you could use to begin your Intelligent RPA learning.
Now that we have established the necessity of a computer running the Windows operating system, let's discuss the minimum configuration for this computer to be used as a development system...