Windows agent system requirements
The following describes system requirements for the Windows agent.
Supported operating systems
The Windows agent supports the following 64-bit Windows Server operating systems:
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2016
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Supported PowerShell versions
- PowerShell 5.0 or later
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We recommend upgrading to a supported PowerShell version because the agent does not support monitoring suspicious PowerShell script executions in PowerShell versions older than version 5.0. |
Supported deployments
The Windows agent supports the following deployment models:
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| Active Directory |
| Standalone deployments |
Cloud-based host machine recommendations
The following are the minimum hardware requirements for installing the Windows agent on cloud-based host machines:
| Cloud Service | Instance Type | Recommendation |
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| AWS | General Purpose (t2 & t3 types) Compute Optimized (c4 & c5) |
Minimum 4vCPU machine |
| Azure | General Purpose (D2s & D4s types) | Minimum 4vCPU machine |
| Google Cloud | e2-standard-4 | Minimum 4vCPU machine |
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Other instances that meet the minimum requirements are also supported. Using a machine that does not meet the recommendations described above could result in higher CPU utilization by the agent. |
On-premises host machine recommendations
The following are the minimum hardware requirements for installing the Windows agent on on-premises host machines:
- 2 core CPU
- 4 GB RAM