Windows Security Agent Minimum Requirements

The Windows Security Agent supports endpoints that use x86 processor architecture and x64 processor architecture.

Important:

The Windows Security Agent does not support the Itanium™ 2 Architecture (IA-64).

Table 1. 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

 
Table 2. 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

Table 3. Available Disk Space

License

Disk Space

With Endpoint Sensor

  • 2 GB

  • 3 GB recommended

Without Endpoint Sensor

  • 1.5 GB

  • 2 GB recommended

Table 4. 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))

22H2 (and earlier)

Windows 11

  • Home

  • Professional

  • Enterprise

22H2 (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

  • 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

Table 5. Cloud Service

Service

Version

Windows 365

N/A

Table 6. Web Browser (for downloading the Security Agent Installer)

Browser

Version

Microsoft Edge™

Versions based on Chromium

Mozilla™ Firefox™

Recent versions

Google Chrome™

Recent versions

Table 7. Display

Requirement

Minimum Specifications

Display

256-color display or higher with resolutions of 800 x 600 or higher