Requirements for the server on which Kaspersky Security for Windows Server is deployed

Before you install Kaspersky Security for Windows Server, you must uninstall other anti-virus applications on the server.

Before you install Kaspersky Security for Windows Server, you must uninstall Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition. You can install Kaspersky Security for Windows Server over Kaspersky Security 10 for Windows Server, if applicable, uninstallation is not required.

Hardware requirements for the server

General requirements:

• x86/64-compatible single-core or multi-core systems
• disk space requirements:
  • to install all application components: 100 MB
  • to download and store the anti-virus databases: 2 GB (recommended)
  • to store the objects in Quarantine and in Backup: 400 MB (recommended)
  • to store the log files: 1 GB (recommended)

Minimum configuration:

• Processor: 1.4 GHz single-core
• RAM: 1 GB
• Disk: 4 GB of free space

Recommended configuration:

• Processor: 2.4 GHz quad-core
• RAM: 2 GB
• Disk: 4 GB of free space

Software requirements for the server

You can install Kaspersky Security for Windows Server on a server running a 32-bit or 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating system.

To install and run Kaspersky Security for Windows Server, you must install Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 on the server.

You can install Kaspersky Security for Windows Server on a server running one of the following 32-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems:

• Windows Server 2003 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later
• Windows Server 2003 R2 Foundation / Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later
• Windows Server 2008 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later
• Windows Server 2008 Core Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later

You can install Kaspersky Security for Windows Server on a server running one of the following 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems:

• Windows Server 2003 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later
• Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later
• Windows Server 2008 Core Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later
• Windows Server 2008 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 Standard / Premium SP2 or later
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation / Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP1 or later
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP1 or later
• Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Essentials / Standard SP1 or later
• Microsoft Windows MultiPoint™ Server 2011 Standard / Premium
• Windows Server 2012 Foundation / Essentials / Standard / Datacenter
• Windows Server 2012 Core Foundation / Essentials / Standard / Datacenter
• Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Standard / Premium
• Windows Storage Server 2012
• Windows Hyper-V Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation / Essentials / Standard / Datacenter
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Core / Foundation / Essentials / Standard / Datacenter
• Windows Storage Server 2012 R2
• Windows Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2016 Essentials / Standard / Datacenter
• Windows Server 2016 MultiPoint
• Windows Server 2016 Core Standard / Datacenter
• Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Server 2016
• Windows Storage Server 2016
• Windows Hyper-V Server 2016
• Windows Server 2019 Essentials / Standard / Datacenter
• Windows Server 2019 Core
• Windows Storage Server 2019
• Windows Hyper-V Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session

Before you install Kaspersky Security for Windows Server on Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 R2, please download the KB2868626 update and install it.

The following operating systems are no longer supported by Microsoft Windows: Windows Server 2003 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2, Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 32-bit, 64-bit. Kaspersky technical support of servers running these operating systems may be limited.

Kaspersky Endpoint Agent does not support any version of Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

You can install Kaspersky Security for Windows Server on the following terminal servers:

• Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2008 SP2 or later
• Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2008 R2
• 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
• Citrix XenApp 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 7.5 - 7.9, 7.15
• Citrix XenDesktop 7.0, 7.1, 7.5 - 7.9, 7.15

The Kaspersky Security for Windows Server is compatible with the following versions of Kaspersky Security Center:

• Kaspersky Security Center 10.5
• Kaspersky Security Center 11
• Kaspersky Security Center 12
• Kaspersky Security Center 13

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