Feature comparison of MMC-based Administration Console and Kaspersky Security Center Web Console
January 19, 2023
ID 228568
This section provides the feature comparison of Microsoft Management Console-based Administration Console and Kaspersky Security Center Web Console, which are components of Kaspersky Security Center. The feature comparison is presented in the table below.
Feature comparison of MMC-based Administration Console and Kaspersky Security Center Web Console
Feature or property | MMC-based Administration Console of Kaspersky Security Center | Kaspersky Security Center Web Console |
Administration Server location | On-premises | On-premises |
Database management system (DBMS) location | On-premises | On-premises |
Web-based administration console | ||
Maintenance of Administration Server and DBMS | Managed by customer | Managed by customer |
Hierarchy of Administration Servers | ||
Administration group hierarchy | ||
Migration of the managed devices and related objects from Kaspersky Security Center on-premises to Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console | ||
Network polling | ||
Maximum number of managed devices | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Protection of Windows, Linux, and macOS managed devices | ||
Protection of mobile devices | (protection of Android devices only) | (protection of Android and iOS devices) |
Protection of virtual machines | ||
Protection of public cloud infrastructure | ||
Device-centric security management | ||
User-centric security management | ||
Application policies | ||
Tasks for Kaspersky applications | ||
Kaspersky Security Network | ||
KSN Proxy | ||
Kaspersky Private Security Network | ||
Centralized deployment of license keys for Kaspersky applications | ||
Switching managed devices to another Administration Server | ||
Support for virtual Administration Servers | ||
Installing third-party software updates and fixing third-party software vulnerabilities | ||
Notifications about events occurred on managed devices | ||
Login to the application under an internal user account | ||
Creating and managing user accounts | ||
Integration with SIEM systems | (by using Syslog only) | |
Using Administration Server as WSUS server | ||
Monitoring statuses of policies and tasks | ||
Support of clusters and server arrays in administration groups | ||
Deployment of the Kaspersky failover cluster | ||
Installing Administration Server on a Microsoft failover cluster |