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The Windows Security Agent supports endpoints that use x86 processor architecture and x64 processor architecture.
Important
Important
The Windows Security Agent does not support the Itanium™ 2 Architecture (IA-64).

Processor

Processor
Operating System/Service
Clock Speed
  • Intel™ Pentium™ 4 x86 or compatible processor
  • x64 processor supporting AMD64 and Intel EM64T technologies
  • Window 11
  • Windows 10
1GHz
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2, Server 2012/2012 R2 Essentials, Server 2016, Server 2019, and Server 2022
1.4 GHz
1vCPU
Windows 365
  

Available Memory

Operating System
Memory Exclusively for the Security Agent
Windows 10, 11
  • 1GB
  • 2GB recommended
Windows Server: 2012/2012 R2, 2012/2012 R2 Essentials, 2016, 2019, 2022
  • 2GB
  • 8GB recommended

Available Disk Space

License
Disk Space
With Endpoint Sensor
  • 2 GB
  • 3 GB recommended
Without Endpoint Sensor
  • 1.5 GB
  • 2 GB recommended

Operating System

Series or Family
Edition
Service Pack or Release
Windows 10
  • Home
  • Professional
  • Enterprise (including the Long Term Servicing Branch (LTSB) and the Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC))
  • IoT
22H2 (and earlier)
Windows 11
  • Home
  • Professional
  • Enterprise
23H2 (and earlier)
Windows Server 2012
  • Standard
  • Datacenter
  • Essentials
N/A
Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Standard
  • Datacenter
  • Essentials
Update
Windows Server 2022
  • Standard
  • Datacenter
  • Datacenter: Azure Edition
N/A
Windows Storage Server 2012
  • Workgroup
  • Standard
N/A
Windows Storage Server 2012 R2
  • Workgroup
  • Standard
Update
Windows Server 2016
  • Standard
  • Datacenter
  • Essentials
N/A
Windows Server 2019
  • Standard
  • Datacenter
N/A
Windows Storage Server 2016
  • Workgroup
  • Standard
N/A
Windows Storage Server 2019
  • Workgroup
  • Standard
N/A

Cloud Service

Service
Version
Windows 365
N/A

Web Browser (for downloading the Security Agent Installer)

Browser
Version
Microsoft Edge™
Versions based on Chromium
Mozilla™ Firefox™
Recent versions
Google Chrome™
Recent versions

Display

Requirement
Minimum Specifications
Display
256-color display or higher with resolutions of 800 x 600 or higher