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 personal computers:

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 file servers:

Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard / Premium (64-bit);
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 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter Service Pack 2 or later;
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 12.
VMware ESXi 6.5.
Microsoft Hyper-V 2016 Server.
Citrix XenServer 7.2
Citrix XenDesktop 7.14.
Citrix Provisioning Services 7.14.

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