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

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

25 May 2022

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

Before installing 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 without uninstalling Kaspersky Security 10 for Windows Server.

Hardware requirements for the server

General requirements:

x86/64-compatible single-core or multi-core systems
disk space requirements:
- for installing all application components: 100 MB
- for downloading and storing anti-virus databases: 2 GB (recommended)
- for storing objects in Quarantine and in Backup: 400 MB (recommended)
- for storing logs: 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.

For installation and operation of Kaspersky Security for Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 must be installed 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 SP1 or later
Windows Server 2008 Core Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP1 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 SP1 or later
Windows Server 2008 Standard / Premium SP1 or later
Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 Standard / Premium
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
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 10 Enterprise multi-session

Before installing 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’s 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
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 11
Kaspersky Security Center 12
Kaspersky Security Center 13

Kaspersky Security for Windows Server: Prompt detection of all kinds of threats

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Kaspersky Premium Support (MSA): High‑priority incident processing

Telephone and web ticket support. Fast response, monitoring and health check. Submit a request and activate the contract (MSA).

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