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