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;
• CPU:
  • Workstation: 1 GHz;
  • Server: 1.4 GHz;
  • Support for the SSE2 instruction set.
• RAM:
  • Workstation (x86): 1 GB;
  • Workstation (x64): 2 GB;
  • Server: 2 GB.

Workstations

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 / Pro for Workstations / Education / Enterprise / Enterprise multi-session;
• Windows 11.

The SHA-1 module signature algorithm is deprecated by Microsoft. Update KB4474419 is required for successful installation of Kaspersky Endpoint Security on a computer running the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system. For more details about this update, visit the Microsoft technical support website.

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

For details about support for the Microsoft Windows 11 operating system, please refer to the Technical Support Knowledge Base.

Servers

Kaspersky Endpoint Security 11.8.0 adds support for the core components of the application on computers running the Windows operating system for servers. Now you can use Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows instead of Kaspersky Security for Windows Server on servers and clusters of your organization. The Core Mode is supported with limitations.

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;
• Windows Server 2022.

The SHA-1 module signature algorithm is deprecated by Microsoft. Update KB4474419 is required for successful installation of Kaspersky Endpoint Security on a computer running the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. For more details about this update, visit the Microsoft technical support website.

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.

For details about support for the Microsoft Windows Server 2022 operating system, please refer to the Technical Support Knowledge Base.

Terminal servers

Supported terminal server types:

• Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1;
• Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2012;
• Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2012 R2;
• Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2016;
• Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2019.

Virtual platforms

Supported virtual platforms:

• VMware Workstation 16.1.2;
• VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3;
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019;
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2106;
• Citrix Provisioning 2109;
• Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 (Hotfix XS82E033).

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

• Kaspersky Security Center 11;
• Kaspersky Security Center 12;
• Kaspersky Security Center 12 Patch A;
• Kaspersky Security Center 12 Patch B;
• Kaspersky Security Center 13;
• Kaspersky Security Center 13.1;
• Kaspersky Security Center 13.2;
• Kaspersky Security Center 13.2.2.

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