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WHAT'S NEW IN KASPERSKY ENDPOINT SECURITY
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.12 for Windows introduces the following features and improvements:
More YARA scan configuration options are available for users of Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform.
Now you can run a quick scan, set a scan scope, or enable the recursive scan mode.
More IOC Scan task features are available to users of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions.
Retrospective IOC Scan functionality is now available. A retrospective IOC Scan allows detecting indicators
of compromise in event logs for a certain period. The IOC Scan scope now also includes network activity
on the computer.
Users of Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) can remove the quarantine size limit. This
may be necessary for YARA scanning because the application may save a large memory dump file. Now
you can use all of your free disk space for the quarantine.
HTTPS compression is now supported for optimizing the export of events to Kaspersky Unified Monitoring
and Analysis Platform (KUMA). This helps reduce outgoing traffic.
MINIMUM HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
To ensure proper operation of Kaspersky Endpoint Security, your computer must meet the following requirements:
Minimum general requirements:
• 2 GB of free disk space on the hard drive;
• CPU:
• Workstation: 1 GHz;
• Server: 1.4 GHz;
• SSE2 Instructions support.
Arm architecture is not supported.
• RAM:
• Workstation (x86): 1 GB;
• Workstation (x64): 2 GB;
• Server: 2 GB;
• Server to install the application with a built-in agent for integration with Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack
Platform: 8 GB.
• To install the application, you need administrator rights on the computer.
Workstations
Supported operating systems for workstations:
• Windows 7 Home / Professional / Ultimate / Enterprise Service Pack 1 or later;
• Windows 8 Professional / Enterprise;
• Windows 8.1 Professional / Enterprise;
• Windows 10 Home / Pro / Pro for Workstations / Education / Enterprise / Enterprise multi-session;
• Windows 11 Home / Pro / Pro for Workstations / Education / Enterprise.
Windows operating systems starting with version 11 24H2 support the UDP Receive Segment Coalescing
Offload (URO) technology. The technology is enabled by default if a compatible network card and drivers are
installed on the computer. Disabling URO on a user's computer can significantly reduce the performance of
the application.
To make sure Kaspersky Endpoint Security works correctly, the Windows Security Center (wscsvc) service
must be running on the user’s computer.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security cannot be installed on Microsoft Windows 7 without installed operating system
updates: KB4490628 (March 12, 2019) and KB4474419 (September 23, 2019). For detailed information, refer
to the Technical Support Knowledge Base
https://support.kaspersky.com/common/error/installation/11004#block8.
For details about support for the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system, please refer to the Technical
Support Knowledge Base https://support.kaspersky.com/common/compatibility/13036.
For details about support for the Microsoft Windows 11 operating system, please refer to the Technical
Support Knowledge Base https://support.kaspersky.com/common/compatibility/15778.
Servers
Kaspersky Endpoint Security supports core components of the application on computers running the Windows
operating system for servers. You can use Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows instead of Kaspersky Security
for Windows Server on servers and clusters of your organization (Cluster Mode). The application also supports
Server Core mode (see known issues https://support.kaspersky.com/help/KESWin/12.12/en-US/201943.htm).
Supported operating systems for servers:
• Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials / Standard (64-bit);
Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Standard (64-bit) is supported only if Service Pack 1 for
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is installed.
• Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 (64-bit);
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation / Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter Service Pack 1 or later;
• Windows Web Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 or later;
• Windows Server 2012 Foundation / Essentials / Standard / Datacenter (including Server Core mode);
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation / Essentials / Standard / Datacenter (including Server Core mode);
• Windows Server 2016 Essentials / Standard / Datacenter (including Server Core mode);
• Windows Server 2019 Essentials / Standard / Datacenter (including Server Core mode);
• Windows Server 2022 Standard / Datacenter / Datacenter: Azure Edition (including Server Core mode);
• Windows Server 2025 Standard / Datacenter.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security cannot be installed on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 without installed
operating system updates: KB4490628 (March 12, 2019) and KB4474419 (September 23, 2019).
For details about support for the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows Server 2019
operating systems, please refer to the Technical Support Knowledge Base
https://support.kaspersky.com/common/compatibility/13036.
For details about support for the Microsoft Windows Server 2022 operating system, please refer to the
Technical Support Knowledge Base https://support.kaspersky.com/common/compatibility/15778.
Unsupported operating systems for servers:
• Windows Server 2003 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later;
• Windows Server 2003 R2 Foundation / Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later;
• Windows Server 2008 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later;
• Windows Server 2008 Core Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter SP2 or later;
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 Standard / Premium SP2 or later.
Virtual platforms
Requirements for the virtual machine for application operation in standard mode:
• VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.3;
• VMware ESXi 9.0;
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2022;
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2503;
• Citrix Provisioning 2503.1;
• XenServer 8.4.
See the Kaspersky Security for Virtualization Light Agent Help
https://support.kaspersky.com/help/KSVLA/6.3/en-US/254038.htm for virtual machine requirements to run the
application in the Light Agent mode.
Kaspersky Security Center support
Kaspersky Endpoint Security supports operation with the following versions of Kaspersky Security Center:
• Kaspersky Security Center 14
• Kaspersky Security Center 14.1
• Kaspersky Security Center 14.2
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux 14.2
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux 15
• Kaspersky Security Center Windows 15.1
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux 15.1
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux 15.2
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux 15.3
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux 15.4
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux 16
The administration web plug-in for Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows version 12.12 is compatible with
Kaspersky Security Center Web Console version 14.2 or later.
UPGRADING A PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE APPLICATION
Kaspersky Endpoint Security supports updates for the following versions of the application:
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 11.10.0 for Windows (build 11.10.0.399).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 11.11.0 for Windows (build 11.11.0.452).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.0 for Windows (build 12.0.0.465).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.1 for Windows (build 12.1.0.506).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.2 for Windows (build 12.2.0.462).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.3 for Windows (build 12.3.0.493).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.4 for Windows (build 12.4.0.467).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.5 for Windows (build 12.5.0.539).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.6 for Windows (build 12.6.0.438).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.7 for Windows (build 12.7.0.533).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.8 for Windows (build 12.8.0.505).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.9 for Windows (build 12.9.0.384).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.10 for Windows (build 12.10.0.466).
• Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12.11 for Windows (build 12.11.0.637).
CHECKING COMPATIBILITY WITH KASPERSKY FULL DISK ENCRYPTION
The limitations of Kaspersky full disk encryption support and the list of devices for which hard disk encryption is
supported with limitations are listed in the article https://support.kaspersky.com/15018.
Before using Kaspersky full disk encryption, we recommend checking compatibility using the FDE Test Utility. You
can download the utility and find detailed information about its operation and usage on the Knowledge Base page
https://support.kaspersky.com/14328. The FDE Test Utility is intended to perform the following functions:
• Check the computer’s compatibility with Kaspersky full disk encryption.
• Collect extended diagnostic information if a computer is incompatible with Kaspersky full disk encryption.
To check if your computer is compatible with Kaspersky full disk encryption, use FDE Test Utility 11.14.0.4.
COMPATIBILITY WITH KASPERSKY ENDPOINT AGENT
Kaspersky is switching all Detection and Response to working with the Kaspersky Endpoint Security built-in agent
instead of Kaspersky Endpoint Agent. Starting with version 12.1, the application supports all Detection and
Response solutions. In addition, starting with version 12.1, the application is no longer compatible with Kaspersky
Endpoint Agent, and installing both applications side by side on the same computer is no longer possible.
MAIN KNOWN ISSUES
The list of limitations and known issues is available in the user documentation
https://support.kaspersky.com/help/KESWin/12.12/en-US/201943.htm.
