Documentation > Developer Guide > Development Environment
The following software and tools are required for running PDS WITSMLstudio Store.
Visual Studio 2015
Be sure to run Visual Studio as Administrator to ensure adequate rights to generate the Witsml.Web virtual directory in IIS.
.NET Framework 3.5 and 4.5
Select all options for these two Windows features.

IIS
Include the WebSocket Protocol and Configure IIS

URL Rewrite Module
Download and install URL Rewrite Module.
MongoDB
Download and install MongoDB Community edition. We recommend using version 4.2.xx. Note that it is recommended to perform a custom install to a destination folder without any spaces.