What are the installation requirements of Panda Cloud Office Protection and Panda Cloud Office Protection Advanced in Windows systems?

Information applies to:

Requirements for accessing the Administration Console

• Browser:
  • Internet Explorer 8.0 or later
  • Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or later
  • Google Chrome 4.0 or later
• Network:
  • Internet connection: direct or through a local area network.
  • HTTP connection (port 443).

Requirements on the computer from which deployment is performed

• Operating system: Windows 8 (32 and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit), Windows Vista (32 and 64-bit), Windows XP Professional (32 and 64-bit), Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003 (32 and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008 (32 and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Home Server, Windows Server 2012.
• Memory: 64 MB
• Hard disk: 20 MB
• Processor: Pentium II 300 MHz or equivalent.
• Windows Installer 2.0 (yet, Windows Installer 3.0 is recommended if you want to uninstall remotely).
• Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
• Other:
  • Access to the Admin$ resource on the computers to be protected.
  • A user with administrator rights to the computers to which the protection is distributed

Minimum requirements for the computers to which the protection is distributed

• Processor: Pentium 300 MHz or equivalent.
• Hard disk: 280 MB
• Browser: Internet Explorer: 5.5 or later
• Others: On computers running earlier versions of Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2003 Server SP1:
  • Windows Installer 2.0 (yet, Windows Installer 3.0 is recommended if you want to uninstall remotely)
  • Disable the Windows firewall or configure the exception File and printer sharing (Start > Settings > Control panel> Network connections > Local area connections > (right button) Properties > General).
  • To have Use simple file sharing disabled (on Windows XP, Tools > Folder Options > View> Use simple file sharing).
• Workstations
  • Operating systems: Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit), Windows Vista (32 and 64-bit), Windows XP (32 and 64-bit), Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 8**.
  • RAM: For the antivirus protection: 64 MB, for the Firewall: 128 MB
• Servers
  • Operating systems: Windows 2000 Server, Windows Home Server, Windows Server 2003 (32 and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008 (32 and 64-bit)*, Windows Server 2008 R2* and Windows Server 2012**.
  • RAM: 256 MB
• Other compatible applications:
  • Windows XP Embedded
  • Citrix XenApp 4.5 (Citrix Presentation Server 4.5)
  • Citrix XenApp 5
  • Microsoft WEPoS Ready
    
    Note: To deploy the protection from the distribution tool to machines with Windows server 2008 R2, you must enable the option Enable remote management of the server from another computer. This option is disabled by default, and is required to be enabled and allowed by the firewall. To enable this option, follow the instructions specified in the following Microsoft article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976839

Minimum requirements for the computers to which the Exchange Servers protection is distributed (only in PCOP Advanced)

• Hardware requirements: The hardware requirements to install the Exchange Server protection are determined according to the Exchange Server specifications:
  • Exchange 2003:
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164322(v=exchg.65).aspx
  • Exchange 2007:
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719(v=EXCHG.80).aspx
  • Exchange 2010:
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719(v=exchg.141).aspx
  • Exchange 2013
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719(v=exchg.150).aspx
• Versions protected by the Exchange Servers protection in PCOP Advanced:
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard (SP0 / SP1 / SP2)
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise (SP0 / SP1 / SP2)
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 included in Windows SBS 2003
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standard (SP0 / SP1 / SP2 / SP3)
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise (SP0 / SP1 / SP2 / SP3)
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 included in Windows SBS 2008
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Standard (SP0 / SP1 / SP2)
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise (SP0 / SP1 / SP2)
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 included in Windows SBS 2011
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Standard
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Enterprise
• Roles in which the Exchange Servers protection is installed (Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010):
  • Mailbox
  • Hub Transport
  • Edge Transport
• Roles in which Exchange Server protection is installed in Exchange 2013
  • Mailbox

• Operating systems supported:
  • Exchange 2003: Windows Server 2003 32-bit Edition SP1+ and Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit Edition
  • Exchange 2007: Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition SP1+, Windows Server 2003 R2 64-bit Edition, Windows 2008 64-bit Edition and Windows 2008 R2
  • Exchange 2010: Windows 2008 64-bit Edition and Windows 2008 R2
  • Exchange 2013: Windows 2012

* Installation of the firewall is not supported on Windows Server 2008 with NLB in PCOP 5.x versions. For more information, refer to the following article about how to avoid loss of communication on a Windows Server 2008 cluster with Network Load Balancing (NLB) and install the protection.

** Protection available from PCOP 6.20.10 version.

Note: Bear in mind that if you want your computers to communicate with the Collective Intelligence servers you must have an Internet connection. If you connect to the Internet via a proxy, it must be configured correctly. To do this, enter the necessary details in the Internet connection via a proxy section in the - Advanced options profile edit window. Go to the general settings of Panda Cloud Office Protection article for more details.

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