System Requirements for Cloud

Last Updated On: 01 Apr 2026|

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The system requirements for using Endpoint Central Cloud include the following:

Hardware requirements for distribution servers
Hardware requirements for Endpoint Central agents
Software requirements
Supported browsers

Minimum hardware requirements for distribution servers

Number of computers managed using the distribution server	Processor information	RAM size	Hard disk space
1 to 500	Physical Machine: Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 GHz 3MB cache Virtual Machine: 4 virtual processors 2.0 GHz 3 MB cache	4GB	6GB*
501 to 1,000	Physical Machine: Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.9 GHz 3 MB cache Virtual Machine: 4 virtual processors 2.9 GHz 3 MB cache	4GB	12GB*
1,001 to 3,000	Physical Machine: Intel Core i5 (4 core/8 thread) 2.3GHz Virtual Machine: 8 virtual processors 2.3 GHz	8GB	16GB*
3,001 to 5,000	Physical Machine: Intel Core i7 (6 core/12 thread) 3.2 GHz Virtual Machine: 12 virtual processors 3.2 GHz	8GB	20GB*

*This amount may increase depending on the number of software applications and patches that are deployed from each server.

Minimum hardware requirements for Endpoint Central agents

Hardware	Requirement
Processors	Intel Pentium
Processor Speed	1.0GHz
RAM Size	512MB
Hard Disk Space	3GB*

*This amount may increase depending on the number of software applications and patches that are deployed from each server.

Ports

Ports used by Endpoint Central Cloud are 443 for server agent communication and 8384 for communication between (remote) agent and distribution server.

Software Requirements

The supported operating systems (OSs) for distribution servers and Endpoint Central agents include the following:

Distribution servers

Windows 11
Windows 10
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows Server 2022*
Windows Server 2019*
Windows Server 2016*
Windows Server 2012 R2*
Windows Server 2012*
Windows Server 2008 R2*
Windows Server 2025*

*Recommended for managing 5,000 or more endpoints

Endpoint Central Agents

Windows 11
Windows 10
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2025

macOS 26 Tahoe
macOS 15 Sequoia
macOS 14 Sonoma
macOS 13 Ventura
macOS 12 Monterey
macOS 11 Big Sur
macOS 10.15 Catalina
macOS 10.14 Mojave

Note

A TLS version of 1.2 and above is required for the legacy devices to be managed using Endpoint Central Cloud.

Supported browsers

Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome
Zoho Ulaa

Note

The screen resolution should be 1280 x 1024 pixels or higher.

Currently, all Linux Agents (including the ones under distribution server) only support direct download of patches from the vendor.

For more details on domains required for agent communication in Endpoint Central cloud, refer this document.