Supported Operating Systems

The PerformanceGuard agent can be installed on physical or virtual computers running the following operating systems:

Desktop Operating Systems

• Windows XP (if using PerformanceGuard agent version 4.1.27 or newer)
• Windows Vista (if using PerformanceGuard agent version 5.2.38 or newer)
• Windows 7 (if using PerformanceGuard agent version 5.5.3 or newer)
• Windows 8 (if using PerformanceGuard agent version 6.1.16 or newer) Known issue
• Windows 10 (if using PerformanceGuard agent version 6.6.28301 or newer) Known issue
• Windows 11 (if using PerformanceGuard agent version 8.3 or newer)

Server Operating Systems

• Windows 2003 Server if using PerformanceGuard agent version 4.1.27 or newer)
• Windows 2008 Server (if using PerformanceGuard agent version 5.2.38 or newer)
• Windows 2008 Server R2
• Windows Server 2012 (if using PerformanceGuard agent version 6.1.16 or newer)
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (if using PerformanceGuard agent version 6.1.16 or newer)
• Windows Server 2016 (if using PerformanceGuard agent version 7.4)
• Windows Server 2019 (if using PerformanceGuard agent version 7.4)
• Windows Server 2022 (if using PerformanceGuard agent version 8.3)

Network Requirements

PerformanceGuard agents communicate with the PerformanceGuard frontend server through TCP. The PerformanceGuard agent will regularly establish a TCP connection with the PerformanceGuard frontend server on a port number specified during the installation of PerformanceGuard on the server. The default port is TCP port 4001.
See also Ports and Port Numbers.