Hardware and software requirements
July 10, 2024
ID 28855
For Kaspersky Security to work properly, the computer should meet the hardware and software requirements listed below.
Hardware requirements
The hardware requirements for installing the Security Server are identical to the hardware requirements for a protected Microsoft Exchange server, except for the RAM volume. The Management Console is installed together with the Security Server.
Hardware requirements for installing the Security Server:
- Processor – according to the hardware requirements for the protected Microsoft Exchange server
- At least 2 GB of free RAM
- 6 GB of available disk space
Additional disk space may be required depending on the application settings and operation mode.
The Management Console can be also installed separately from the Security Server.
Hardware requirements for the Management Console installation:
- Intel Pentium 400 MHz or faster processor (1000 MHz recommended)
- 256 MB of free RAM
- 500 MB of available disk space for installing the application
Software requirements
The Security Server can be installed under one of the following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Standard or Datacenter (Desktop Experience)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Core
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard or Datacenter
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter
The following software is required to install the Security Server:
- One of the following mail servers:
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 deployed in at least one of the following roles: Mailbox or Edge Transport.
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 deployed in at least one of the following roles: Mailbox or Edge Transport.
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 SP1 deployedin at least one of the following roles: Mailbox, Hub Transport, or Client Access Server (CAS).
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.
- One of the following database management systems (DBMS):
- Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express, Standard, or Enterprise
- Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Express, Standard, or Enterprise
- Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Express, Standard, or Enterprise
- Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express, Standard, or Enterprise
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express, Standard, or Enterprise.
Management Console can be installed under one of the following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Standard or Datacenter (Desktop Experience)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Core
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard or Datacenter
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter
- Microsoft Windows 10
- Microsoft Windows 8.1
- Microsoft Windows 8
- Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate.
Installation of the Management Console requires the following software:
- Microsoft Management Console 3.0
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.
To install any of the listed application components, you must install Microsoft Windows update KB2999226.
The Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio package must be preinstalled before installing/updating the product. The latest versions of libraries of both bitness must be installed by the following links: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe, https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe.
For the correct application operation after installing and updating it, update the Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam databases.
To install the administration plug-in, you must have one of the following versions of Kaspersky Security Center:
- Kaspersky Security Center 13
- Kaspersky Security Center 12.2
- Kaspersky Security Center 12.1
- Kaspersky Security Center 12
- Kaspersky Security Center 11
- Kaspersky Security Center 10 Service Pack 3
- Kaspersky Security Center 10 Service Pack 2 Patch a
- Kaspersky Security Center 10 Service Pack 2 Maintenance Release 1.
