14.0 General information

Dmitriy.Pisarets

WHAT'S NEW IN KASPERSKY ENDPOINT SECURITY
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 14.0 for Windows introduces the following features and improvements:

New telemetry events are now available to users of Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response: USB
device connections and file system mounting. These new events enhance the threat detection capabilities
of Kaspersky EDR solutions.
You can now skip the incompatible software check in the Change application components task created in
the Administration Console (MMC). Previously, this option was only available when installing Kaspersky
Endpoint Security from the command line.

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.
• 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.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4 or later.
• 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/14.0/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
Supported virtual platforms for application operation in standard mode:
• VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.4
• VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3g
• Windows Server 2025
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2503
• Citrix Provisioning 2503.1
• XenServer 8.4
Virtual machines for installing Light Agent
The BIOS on virtual machines must support the SMBIOS specification version 2.1 or later.
The following packages and utilities must be installed on virtual machines:
• When using Microsoft Hyper-V – Integration Services package.
• When using VMware vSphere – VMware Tools package.
• When using XenServer – XenTools package.
• When using HUAWEI FusionSphere – HUAWEI Tools package.
• When using KVM, OpenStack, VK Private Cloud, TIONIX Cloud Platform, Astra Linux, ALT Virtualization
Server, Basis, Basis.DynamiX, and Basis Dynamix Standard – QEMU Guest Agent.
See the Kaspersky Security for Virtualization Light Agent Help
https://support.kaspersky.com/help/KSVLA/6.1/en-US/254038.htm for virtual infrastructure requirements to run the
application in the Light Agent mode.
For the application to work correctly, use a virtualized network interface with a bandwidth of at least 100 Mbit/s.

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
• Kaspersky Security Center Linux 16.1
The administration web plug-in for Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows version 14.0 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/14.0/en-US/201943.htm.