System Requirements

This Article Applies to:

Avast Business Hub
Avast Business On-Premise Console
Avast Business CloudCare
Avast Small Business Solutions
Avast Small Office Protection
Avast Business Antivirus
Avast Business Antivirus Pro
Avast Business Antivirus Pro Plus
Avast Business CloudCare Antivirus

Avast Business Management Consoles

Business Hub

Browsers (latest versions recommended)

Google Chrome
Firefox
Safari
Microsoft Edge

Any other browsers may work (e.g. Chromium-based browsers should function without issues). However, we test in the above browsers specifically.

On-Premise Console

Windows

11 — x64
10 (Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions) — x64
8/8.1 (all versions except RT and Starter Edition) — x64
7 SP1 — x64
Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 (any edition with latest service pack excluding Server Core) — x64
Server 2008 R2 — x64
Small Business Server 2011 — x64

macOS or Linux (Docker)

Any macOS that can run Docker, preferably OS X 10.11 or higher
Any Linux OS that can run Docker, preferably CentOS 7
Docker Engine 1.10.0 or higher
Docker Compose 1.6.0 or higher

Hardware

6GB disk space + 4GB RAM recommended
- Note: We test up to 1000 devices with the recommended requirements and scale our cloud management to meet resource needs; therefore, to support more than 1000 devices in on-premise environments, please ensure to increase hardware and monitor traffic to suit the increased load.

CloudCare

Browsers (latest versions recommended)

Google Chrome
Firefox
Safari
Microsoft Edge

Any other browsers may work (e.g. Chromium-based browsers should function without issues). However, we test in the above browsers specifically.

Open Source used in CloudCare Agent

Open SSL: http://www.openssl.org/
TinyXML: www.grinninglizard.com/tinyxml/
Gloox: http://camaya.net/gloox/
Zlib: http://www.zlib.net/
SQLite: http://www.sqlite.org/
Libcurl: https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/
C-ares: https://c-ares.haxx.se/

Avast Business Security Clients

Small Business Solutions, CloudCare Antivirus, Legacy Antivirus

Windows

11 — x64
10 (Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions) — x64, x86
8/8.1 (all versions except RT and Starter Edition) — x64, x86
7 SP1 (requires KB3033929) — x64, x86
Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 (any edition with latest service pack excluding Server Core) — x64
Server 2008 R2 (requires KB3033929) — x64
Small Business Server 2011 — x64

Supported applications

Exchange Server 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010 SP2 — x64
SharePoint Server 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010

macOS

We support ARM-based chips on macOS devices.

AV 15.7 and below: OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and higher - preferably macOS 11.x (Big Sur) or higher, with at least 500MB of free disk space
AV 15.8 and above: macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and higher, with at least 500MB of free disk space

Small Office Protection

Windows

11 — x64
10 (Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions) — x64, x86
8/8.1 (all versions except RT and Starter Edition) — x64, x86
7 SP1 (requires KB3033929) — x64, x86

macOS

We support ARM-based chips on macOS devices.

AV 15.7 and below: OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and higher - preferably macOS 11.x (Big Sur) or higher, with at least 500MB of free disk space
AV 15.8 and above: macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and higher, with at least 500MB of free disk space

Android

Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and higher

iPhone/iPod Touch

iOS 13.0 and higher

iPad

iPadOS 13.0 and higher

Avast Business Antivirus for Linux

Debian 10, 11, and 12
Ubuntu LTS 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or compatible) 7, 8, and 9

Note that certain older versions of Avast Business Antivirus for Linux no longer support some of the above-mentioned operating systems (see Antivirus for Linux Legacy Information).

Older OS versions can install older packages from:

https://files.avast.com/lin/repo/dists/rhel/release/ (RHEL/CentOS)
https://files.avast.com/lin/repo/ (Debian/Ubuntu)

Other Services

Patch Management

Windows

11 — x64
10 (Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions) — x64, x86
8/8.1 (all versions except RT and Starter Edition) — x64, x86
7 SP1 (requires KB3033929) — x64, x86
Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 (any edition with latest service pack excluding Server Core) — x64
Server 2008 R2 (requires KB3033929) — x64
Small Business Server 2011 — x64

Cloud Backup

General

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 or higher
Internet connection (broadband recommended)
Business Agent 4.28 or higher (latest version recommended)

Windows

11 — x64
10 (Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions) — x64, x86
8/8.1 (all versions except RT and Starter Edition) — x64, x86
7 SP1 (requires KB3033929) — x64, x86
Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 (any edition with latest service pack excluding Server Core) — x64
Server 2008 R2 (requires KB3033929) — x64
Small Business Server 2011 — x64

Supported applications

Exchange Server 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010 SP2 — x64
- Exchange must be installed on the same device where Cloud Backup is running.
- Credentials of a Windows account that has permission to back up Exchange databases are required.
SQL Server 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012
- SQL server must be installed on the same device where Cloud Backup is running.
- Microsoft® SQL Server® Shared Management Objects and Microsoft® System CLR Types for Microsoft® SQL Server® must be installed. The version can match the installed version (e.g. the 2019 version when using SQL Server 2019).
- The Microsoft SQL user must have the server role sysadmin and database roles db_owner and db_backupoperator for each database that will be selected for backup.

Hardware

Processor: 1 GHz or faster
Disk Space: 40 MB (client installation package is 14 MB)
- When caching files for backup, up to the whole backup size of extra disk space may be required. If there is low disk space, you can adjust the backup caching settings locally.