System Requirements

* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning

** May increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer

* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning

** May increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer

* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning

** May increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer

* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning

** May increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer

* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning

** May increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer

* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning

** May increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer

* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning

** May increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer

* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning

** May increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer

* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning

** May increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer

For managing more than 25000 computers, contact Desktop Central Support at desktopcentral-support@manageengine.com. We will customize Desktop Central server setup based on your network.

Hardware Requirements for Distribution Servers

The hardware requirements for distribution servers include the following:

* May increase depending on the number of software applications and patches that are deployed

Note : It is highly recommended to install Distribution Server for every 1000 computers.

 

For Desktop Central Server & Distribution Servers

 

You can install Desktop Central Server & Distribution Servers on any of these Windows operating system versions:

• Windows 7
• Windows 8
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 10
• Windows Server 2008*
• Windows Server 2008 R2*
• Windows Server 2012*
• Windows Server 2012 R2*
• Windows Server 2016*
• Windows Server 2019*

* - recommended for managing 5000 or more endpoints.

For Desktop Central Agents

 

You can use Desktop Central to manage the computers running on the below mentioned operating system.

For Managing Mobile Devices

• Android: Android devices running on version 4.0 or above
• iOS (incl. iPhone, iPad and iPod): iOS devices running on version 4.0 or above
• Windows Smartphones: Devices running on version Windows Phone 8.1 or above
• Windows laptops (incl. Surface Hubs and Surface Pros): Devices running on Windows 10
• Chrome OS: Devices running on version 57.0 or later
• tvOS: Devices running on version 7.0 or above
• macOS: Devices running on version 10.7 or later

You are required to install any of the following browsers on your computer to access the Desktop Central console:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and later versions
• Mozilla Firefox 44 and later versions
• Google Chrome 47 and later versions

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

Desktop Central supports the following databases:

• PGSQL
• MSSQL
  • SQL Server 2008
  • SQL Server 2012
  • SQL Server 2014
  • SQL server 2016
  • SQL server 2017

Note: Desktop Central supports the aforementioned SQL Server versions in AWS as well.

Desktop Central uses the following web servers:

• Apache  (for static file services)
• Tomcat (for application related services)