System Requirements

The System Requirements for OS Deployer include:

Supported OS's for OS Imaging and Deployment
  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 7
  • Windows Vista (offline imaging and deployment)
  • Windows XP (offline imaging and deployment)
  • Windows NT 4.0 (offline Imaging and deployment)
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2008 (offline imaging and deployment)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (offline imaging and deployment)
  • Windows Server 2003 (offline imaging and deployment)
 
Supported OS's for OS Deployer Server and Distribution Server
  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8.1 (supported for Distribution Server only)
  • Windows 8 (supported for Distribution Server only)
  • Windows 7 (supported for Distribution Server only)
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (supported for Distribution Server only)
  • Windows Server 2008 (supported for Distribution Server only)
 
Ports

To perform OS imaging and deployment the following ports have to kept open in the network,

  • 8443
  • 8444
  • For PXE usage - 69, 4011

For more information on port usage, please visit this page

 
Supported Browsers
 
Supported Database
 
Hardware Requirements

To perform imaging & deployment, the target computer should have the minimum RAM size of  2 GB.

ServerParameterRequirement
OS Deployer Server Processor information Physical Machine: Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache
Virtual Machine: 4 virtual processors (2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache)
RAM size 4 GB
Hard disk space 5 GB*
Distribution Server Processor Information Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache
RAM size 4 GB
Hard disk space 6 GB**
Network requirement Network card speed Minimum 1 GBPS Network Interface Card (NIC)
SQL Server Processor information Physical Machine: Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache
Virtual Machine: 4 virtual processors (2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache)
RAM size 4 GB
Hard disk space 5 GB*
Edition Standard/Enterprise

* May increase depending on the frequency of imaging and deployment

** May increase depending on the number of image deployments performed

Supported TLS Versions
  • From OS Deployer version 1.2.2349.1:

OS Deployer and Secure Gateway Server support TLS version 1.2 by default. However, you have the option to enable the older TLS versions (TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1) from the Security Settings page.

  • Prior to OS Deployer version 1.2.2349.1:

OS Deployer and Secure Gateway Server support TLS versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2 by default. However, you have the option to disable the older TLS versions (TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1) from the Security Settings page.

Note: If you are using OS Deployer as an add on in Endpoint Central, then the system requirements is same as that of Endpoint Central. You can refer this document to know more about the system requirements.