System Center 2012 Agent Requirements for System Center 2012 R2
Updated: November 9, 2016
Applies To: System Center 2012 R2
This information lists both Microsoft and non-Microsoft operating systems and versions of Microsoft SQL Server software, Microsoft Exchange, or Microsoft SharePoint that each System Center 2012 R2 agent supports.
Data Protection Manager Agent
Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2
Windows 2008 Server R2 SP1
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
SQL Server 2005 (on Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2)
SQL Server 2005 SP2 (on Windows 2008 Server R2 SP1)
SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL Server 2012
Exchange 2007
Exchange 2010
Exchange 2013
Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0
SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2013
Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with Hyper-V
Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V
Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V
Operations Manager Windows Agent
Windows Server 2003 SP2
Windows 2008 Server SP2
Windows 2008 Server R2
Windows 2008 Server R2 SP1
Windows Server® 2012
Windows Server® 2012 R2
Microsoft Hyper-V Server ® 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows XP Pro x64 SP2
Windows XP Pro SP32
Windows Vista SP2
Windows XP Embedded Standard
Windows XP Embedded Enterprise
Windows XP Embedded POSReady
Windows 7 Professional for Embedded Systems
Windows 7 Ultimate for Embedded Systems
Windows 7
Windows® 8
Windows® 8.1
Windows ® 10
Windows Server®2016 Technical Preview
Virtual Machine Manager Guest Agent
Windows Server 2003 SP2
Windows 2008 Server
Windows 2008 Server SP2
Windows 2008 Server R2
Windows 2008 Server R2 SP1
Windows Server 2012
Virtual Machine Manager Linux Guest Agent
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86/x64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86/x64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86/x64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86/x64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x64)
CentOS 5 (x86/x64)
CentOS 6 (x86/x64)
CentOS 7 (x64)
Ubuntu Server 12.04 (x86/x64)
Ubuntu Server 14.04 (x86/x64)
Oracle Linux 5 (x86/x64)
Oracle Linux 6 (x86/x64)
Oracle Linux 7 (x64)
Operations Manager Linux/Unix Agent
HP-UX 11i V3 (Itanium)
Oracle Linux 5 (x86/x64)
Oracle Linux 6 (x86/x64)
Oracle Linux 7 (x64)
Oracle Solaris 10 (SPARC and x86)
Oracle Solaris 11 (SPARC and x86)
Red Hat Enterprises Linux 5 (x86/x64)
Red Hat Enterprises Linux 6 (x86/x64)
Red Hat Enterprises Linux 7 (x64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86/x64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86/x64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x64)
IBM AIX 6.1 (POWER)
IBM AIX 7.1 (POWER)
CentOS 5 (x86/x64)
CentOS 6 (x86/x64)
CentOS 7 (x64)
Debian 6 (x86/x64)
Debian 7 (x86/x64)
Ubuntu Server 10.04 (x86/x64)
Ubuntu Server 12.04 (x86/x64)
Ubuntu Server 14.04 (x86/x64)
Ubuntu Server 16.04 (x86/x64)
This information does not apply to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. For those system requirements, see Supported Configurations for Configuration Manager
See Also
System Requirements for System Center 2012 R2
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 App Controller
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 Service Provider Foundation
Preparing your environment for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager