This section provides the feature comparison of Microsoft Management Console-based Administration Console and Kaspersky Security Center Web Console, which are components of Kaspersky Security Center. The feature comparison is presented in the table below.
Feature comparison of MMC-based Administration Console and Kaspersky Security Center Web Console
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 |
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Maintenance of Administration Server and DBMS |
Managed by customer |
Managed by customer |
Hierarchy of Administration Servers |
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Administration group hierarchy |
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Migration of the managed devices and related objects from Kaspersky Security Center on-premises to Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console |
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Network polling |
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Maximum number of managed devices |
100,000 |
100,000 |
Protection of Windows, Linux, and macOS managed devices |
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Protection of mobile devices |
(protection of Android devices only) |
(protection of Android and iOS devices) |
Protection of virtual machines |
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Protection of public cloud infrastructure |
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Device-centric security management |
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User-centric security management |
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Application policies |
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Tasks for Kaspersky applications |
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Kaspersky Security Network |
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KSN Proxy |
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Kaspersky Private Security Network |
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Centralized deployment of license keys for Kaspersky applications |
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Switching managed devices to another Administration Server |
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Support for virtual Administration Servers |
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Installing third-party software updates and fixing third-party software vulnerabilities |
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Notifications about events occurred on managed devices |
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Login to the application under an internal user account |
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Creating and managing user accounts |
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Integration with SIEM systems |
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(by using Syslog only) |
Using Administration Server as WSUS server |
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Monitoring statuses of policies and tasks |
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Support of clusters and server arrays in administration groups |
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Deployment of the Kaspersky failover cluster |
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Installing Administration Server on a Microsoft failover cluster |
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