Supported operating systems

This page describes the supported operating systems for N-able N-central.

Windows Agents:

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 (or later)

Windows Server 2025

  • Windows Server 2025 Standard
  • Windows Server 2025 Datacenter
  • Windows Server 2025 Datacenter: Azure

Windows Server 2022

  • Windows Server 2022 Standard
  • Windows Server 2022 Datacenter
  • Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure

Windows Server 2019

  • Windows Server 2019 Datacenter
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019

Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
  • Windows Server 2016 Standard
  • Windows Server 2016 Essentials
  • Windows Storage Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 MultiPoint Premium Server
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016

Windows Server 2012

  • R2 Datacenter
  • R2 Essentials
  • R2 Foundation
  • R2 Standard

Windows 11

  • Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise & Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 11 Education editions
  • Microsoft Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

Windows 10

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise & Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Education editions
  • Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

macOS Agents

  • 15.x (Sequoia)

  • 14.x (Sonoma)

  • 13.x (Ventura)

  • 12.x (Monterey)

Linux Agents

Independent Agents are required for 64-bit Linux OS installations.

The probe performs an SSH connection to a Linux device. To discover a Linux OS device, the device must have openssh installed.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 8 (64-bit)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7 (64-bit)

  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (64-bit)

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (64-bit)

  • Debian 12 (64-bit)

  • Debian 11 (64-bit)

Supported Operating Systems & Features

For more details about the features supported in N-central, refer to: