Vulnerability assessment requirements

From 30 September 2024, you will not be able to add devices to the management console or install the protection software on new computers that run these operating system versions: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008 (Windows 2008 R2 will continue to be supported). Existing computers in the management console will continue to be protected. See https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-trust-center/end-of-life-policy.

Supported Windows operating systems

Workstations

  • Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit)

  • Windows 8 (32 and 64-bit)

  • Windows 8.1 (32 and 64-bit)

  • Windows 10 (32 and 64-bit)

  • Windows 11 (64-bit)

Servers

  • Windows 2008 (32 and 64-bit) and 2008 R2

  • Windows Small Business Server 2011, 2012

  • Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server Core 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 R2, and 2016

  • Windows Server 2022

Unsupported Windows computers

  • The module does not install.

  • Computers keep the vulnerability assessment settings profiles assigned to them, but they are not applied.

  • The Available patches by computers list does not show information about these computers.

Supported macOS operating systems

  • macOS Catalina 10.15

  • macOS Big Sur 11

  • macOS Monterey 12

  • macOS Ventura

  • macOS Sonoma

Supported Linux operating systems

Supported 64-bit distributions:

  • Red Hat: 7.0, 8.0

  • CentOS: 7.0

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise: 12, 15