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 Home / Pro / Pro for Workstations / Education / Enterprise.

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 supports core components of the application on computers running the Windows operating system for servers. You can use Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows instead of Kaspersky Security for Windows Server on servers and clusters of your organization. The application also supports Core Mode (see known issues).

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.

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.

Unsupported operating systems for servers:

• 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;
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 Standard / Premium SP2 or later.

Virtual platforms

Supported virtual platforms:

• VMware Workstation 16.2.3;
• VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3f;
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019;
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2206;
• Citrix Provisioning 2206;
• Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 LTSR (Cumulative Update 1).

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;
• Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on Windows Server 2022.

Kaspersky Security Center support

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

• Kaspersky Security Center 11;
• Kaspersky Security Center 12;
• Kaspersky Security Center 13;
• Kaspersky Security Center 13.1;
• Kaspersky Security Center 13.2;
• Kaspersky Security Center 13.2.2;
• Kaspersky Security Center 14.