Supported operating systems

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

Windows Agents:

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 (or later)

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

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
  • Datacenter 64-bit Edition
  • Essentials 64-bit Edition
  • Foundation 64-bit Edition
  • Standard 64-bit Edition
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
  • Storage Server 2012 Enterprise 64-bit Edition
  • Storage Server 2012 Express 64-bit Edition
  • Storage Server 2012 Standard 64-bit Edition
  • Storage Server 2012 Workgroup 64-bit Edition

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

Windows 8 and 8.1

  • 8.1 Enterprise
  • 8.1 Professional
  • 8 Enterprise
  • 8 Professional

Windows 7

  • Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise & Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

macOS Agents

  • 13.1 (Ventura)
  • 12.0 (Monterey)
  • 11.0 (Big Sur)
  • 10.15 (Catalina)
  • 10.14 (Mojave)
  • 10.13 (High Sierra)
  • 10.12 (Sierra)

Linux Agents

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

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 8 (64-bit)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7 (x86_64 and i686)

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (64-bit)

  • Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic Beaver" (x86_64)
  • Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial Xerus" (x86_64 and i686)

Supported Operating Systems & Features

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