Microsoft Windows Agent System Requirements and OS Support

Topic

This article provides the system requirements, compatibility details, and additional supportability information for the NinjaOne Agent for Microsoft Windows. For networking requirements, refer to NinjaOne Global Allowlist (Whitelist) Information.

Environment

NinjaOne Agent for Microsoft Windows
NinjaOne Endpoint Management

Description

The NinjaOne agent enables monitoring, management, and interaction with your endpoints. We support this agent on physical and virtual machines (hosted on compatible hypervisors) that meet the minimum CPU, RAM, and operating system requirements.

We support the NinjaOne agent on the Windows versions listed in the Operating System Compatibility section of this article. We do not provide support for the NinjaOne agent on other Windows versions.
We support the NinjaOne agent on physical machines and on virtual machines with compatible hypervisors that meet the minimum CPU, RAM, and OS requirements.

We always support the most recent stable (non-beta, non-preview) release of any operating system we validate for full compatibility.

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Full Versus Extended Agent Support
Hardware Requirements
Operating System Requirements
- Windows Desktop
- Windows Server
Additional Resources

Full Versus Extended Agent Support

NinjaOne classifies agent support into two levels: full and extended.

Full: We have thoroughly tested these operating systems and provide full support and troubleshooting for related issues.
Extended: These operating systems share core components with those in fully supported systems. We do not fully validate or test endpoints running these operating systems, but they should be functional. Fix times may be slower for these versions. Depending on the extent of the problem, we may be unable to resolve it.

Hardware Requirements

Your machines must meet the following hardware requirements to run the NinjaOne agent. Optional integrations, such as antivirus software, may require additional system resources.

Category	Requirements
CPU	1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor is required. We recommend multi-core processors.
Memory	We recommend the following minimum memory amounts: Workstations require at least 2 GB of RAM. Servers require at least 4 GB of RAM.
Disk space	Requires 2 GB of storage space for core agent functionality. You may need additional storage space for selected integrations.

Operating System Requirements

We support Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft only supports the three most recently released feature update versions and certain Long-Term Servicing Branch (LTSB) and Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) releases. Operating systems that Microsoft no longer supports (such as Windows 7) may not receive critical updates.

Windows Desktop

Category	Requirements
Compatibility	Full agent support compatibility Microsoft Windows 10 Microsoft Windows 11 Extended agent support compatibility Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft Windows 8.1
Notes	While not supported, the NinjaOne agent may run with limited functionality on ARM-based processors using Microsoft’s Prism emulation. We do not support thin clients running any version of Windows Embedded. The NinjaOne agent is compatible with assigned access mode on Windows 10. You can update devices running Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 for compatibility with Windows Patch Management.

Windows Server

Category	Requirements
Compatibility	Full agent support compatibility Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Extended agent support compatibility Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Notes	Your endpoints must have PowerShell 3.0 or higher installed. Windows Vista and many Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 versions do not support Windows Patch Management. Refer to the following articles to learn more: NinjaOne Patching: Windows OS patch management Windows Update SHA-1 based endpoints discontinued for older Windows devices (external link) You can update devices running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 for compatibility with Windows patch management.

Additional Resources

Refer to NinjaOne Endpoint Management: Agent System Requirements and Compatibility to view system requirements and supported software for other NinjaOne agent versions and products.