Hardware and software requirements

To ensure proper operation of Kaspersky Endpoint Security, your computer must meet the following requirements:

Minimum general requirements:

• 2 GB of free disk space on the hard drive
• Processor with a clock speed of 1 GHz (that supports the SSE2 instruction set)
• RAM:
  • 1 GB for a 32-bit operating system
  • 2 GB for a 64-bit operating system

Supported operating systems for workstations:

• Windows 7 Home / Professional / Ultimate / Enterprise Service Pack 1 or later;
• Windows 8 Professional / Enterprise;
• Windows 8.1 Professional / Enterprise;
• Windows 10 Home / Pro / Education / Enterprise.

For details about support for the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system, please refer to the Technical Support Knowledge Base.

Supported operating systems for servers:

• Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials / Standard (64-bit);

Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Standard (64-bit) is supported only if Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is installed.

• Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 (64-bit);
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation / Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter Service Pack 1 or later;
• Windows Server 2012 Foundation / Essentials / Standard / Datacenter;
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation / Essentials / Standard / Datacenter;
• Windows Server 2016 Essentials / Standard / Datacenter;
• Windows Server 2019 Essentials / Standard / Datacenter.

For details about support for the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows Server 2019 operating systems, please refer to the Technical Support Knowledge Base.

Supported virtual platforms:

• VMware Workstation 15.
• VMware ESXi 6.7 U2.
• Microsoft Hyper-V 2019 Server;
• Citrix Hypervisor 8.
• Citrix XenDesktop 7.18.
• Citrix XenApp 7.18.
• Citrix Provisioning Services 7.18.

Kaspersky Endpoint Security supports operation with the following versions of Kaspersky Security Center:

• Kaspersky Security Center 11 (except the web plug-in)
• Kaspersky Security Center 12;
• Kaspersky Security Center 12 Patch A;
• Kaspersky Security Center 12 Patch B.

For details about support for Kaspersky Security Center, please refer to the Technical Support Knowledge Base.

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