Installation Requirements

Vault 2026 supports multiple operating systems. For more information, please refer to System requirements for Vault 2026.

Vault Server Install Information

Vault Thin Client 2026 is installed by default with Vault Professional Server.
Revit Interoperability 2026 can be selected as a component to be installed, when configuring Vault Professional Server 2026 installation.
If you have previous Beta Vault products installed on your machine, you will need to uninstall them prior to installing this release.
- Uninstall the client software from all machines.
- Open the Beta ADMS Console.
- Delete all vaults and libraries.
- Delete the master vault.
- Uninstall ADMS. (please close Vault Client and Server, before initiating the Uninstall command)
Upgrading from Vault 2024 or 2025 can be done without uninstalling the old version servers. For Vault Server upgrade process, it's recommended to select "Use the existing Server configuration" to avoid install failure caused by any conflict between existing and new installation configuration.
Vault 2026 installs .NET 4.8 and .NET Desktop Runtime 8.0 to your operating system.

SQL Server Install Information

Vault Server installation installs SQL Express 2022 with Advanced Services (64-bit).
Inventor 2026 Content Center Full Text search features requires that the Full-Text and Semantic Search feature inside of SQL Server enabled. The Full-Text and Semantic Search feature is available with SQL Express with Advanced Services or higher editions. See the following Microsoft documentation – Add Features to an Instance of SQL Server or Upgrade SQL Server.
When using SQL 2017, SQL Server 2019 or SQL Server 2022, all databases must remain at the SQL 2012 compatibility level. New databases created using the Vault Server Console will be set for 2012 compatibility level automatically.
Installing SQL onto a computer that has the Program Files folder compressed is not supported and will cause the install to hang.
With Vault Server Professional 2026 installation, user can specify the SQL User ID to connect the SQL instance.
With Vault Server 2026 installation, user can specify customized "SQL instance name". By default, the SQL instance name will be 'AutodeskVault' same as what is supported till Vault 2020 release. During installation, installer will install the SQL and create instance with the specified name.

Migration - Working with Legacy Vault Data

If you are migrating from a previous release using SQL 2016 or older, prior to upgrading, SQL Server 2017 or higher must be installed.
If you are migrating from any previous release, Autodesk strongly encourages reviewing and understanding the README of each version of Vault being skipped.
When migrating large vaults, there may be a long delay before the progress dialog is shown. The delay can exceed 10 minutes depending on the configuration of the vault.
Migrating from one OS to another OS when OS formatting (Regional Settings) is different between the two is NOT supported. Prior to upgrading to Vault 2026, OS formatting on the target server must be changed to match that of the originating server.
When performing an in-place upgrade from previous releases of Vault with Content Center Libraries, the existing Content Center Libraries must be migrated prior to installing the new Content Center Libraries.

Vault Client Install Information

Vault 2026 installs .NET 4.8 on your operating system. If you encounter any error during .Net 4.8 installation, reboot your machine and try the installation again. Refer to Microsoft Page Known issues for the .NET Framework 4.8 for more information.
If you don’t want Standalone MS Office/Outlook add-ins to install, we provide a command line [media]\Setup.exe --props "{"ISOFFICEOROUTLOOK":0}" to disable these add-ins installation. For deployment, you can easily uncheck them in Customization configuration.
Before installing the Vault 2026 client, be sure to uninstall all Beta versions of Vault components including InventorView, DWG TrueView, etc.; otherwise the correct versions of these components may not install properly. Note you need to close the applications before initiating Uninstall command.
Please close all Autodesk products before initiating installation or uninstallation of Vault 2026.
Uninstall all standalone language packs of Vault 2026 before re-installing the same.
When you create deployment for Vault from https://manage.autodesk.com/products/deployments, recommend you to use all English character for Deployment image path.
When you create a deployment for Vault client, you can choose to create a shortcut.
When you create a deployment for Vault client Professional, you can choose to include Vault Data Standard install.