Feature or property

MMC-based Administration Console of Kaspersky Security Center

Kaspersky Security Center Web Console

Administration Server location

On-premises

On-premises

Database management system (DBMS) location

On-premises

On-premises

Web-based administration console

Maintenance of Administration Server and DBMS

Managed by customer

Managed by customer

Hierarchy of Administration Servers

Administration group hierarchy

Migration of the managed devices and related objects from Kaspersky Security Center on-premises to Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console

Network polling

Maximum number of managed devices

100,000

100,000

Protection of Windows, Linux, and macOS managed devices

Protection of mobile devices

(protection of Android devices only)

Protection of virtual machines

Protection of public cloud infrastructure

Device-centric security management

User-centric security management

Application policies

Tasks for Kaspersky applications

Kaspersky Security Network

KSN Proxy

Kaspersky Private Security Network

Centralized deployment of license keys for Kaspersky applications

Switching managed devices to another Administration Server

Support for virtual Administration Servers

Installing third-party software updates and fixing third-party software vulnerabilities

Notifications about events occurred on managed devices

Encryption management

Login to the application under an internal user account

Creating and managing user accounts

Integration with SIEM systems

(by using Syslog only)

Using Administration Server as WSUS server

Monitoring statuses of policies and tasks

Support of clusters and server arrays in administration groups

Deployment of the Kaspersky failover cluster

Installing Administration Server on a Microsoft failover cluster