vCloud Automation Center Designer is typically installed on a development machine rather than a server.

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)

Windows 7 SP1 (32- or 64-bit)

Windows Vista Business (32- or 64-bit)

Windows XP SP3 (32- or 64-bit)

.NET Framework 4.5 must be installed.

The vCloud Automation Center Designer host must have network access to the IaaS Website components (specifically, the Model Manager Web component).

If the Model Manager is installed remotely, the certificate used for the Model Manager Web component must be trusted on the vCloud Automation Center Designer host.