Cayosoft Guardian System Requirements

Platform

2 GHz or higher Intel-compatible dual or quad-core CPU 

Memory

8 GB minimum, 16 GB recommended

Disk

180 Gb or more of free disk space

Machine

Physical, on-premise virtual, Azure VM or AWS virtual server

OS

Windows Server 2016 and above

Windows 10 Pro

Active Directory Forest Functional Level

Any

Active Directory Domain Functional Level

Any

Web Browser

Google Chrome (Versions released within the past 12 months)
Mozilla Firefox (Versions released within the past 12 months)
Apple Safari (Versions released within the past 12 months, only versions 14.x or higher are supported)
Microsoft Edge based on Chromium

Database

Cayosoft Guardian comes with a built-in SQL Server Express LocalDB.  

For production workloads, SQL Server 2016 or newer, or Azure SQL is strongly recommended.

Required ports

Learn more about ports used by Cayosoft Guardian

Azure AD / Office 365  Exchange Online

Office 365 connection account should hold the Azure AD Global Admin Role in each connected Office 365 / Azure AD tenant.

Connection account must be a cloud-only account, i.e. not synchronized with on-premises Active Directory.

Connection account should not be used in any other application or script except Cayosoft Guardian. 

To use notification channels you must apply Office 365 license to Office 365 connection account with assigned Microsoft Teams and Exchange online options.

Active Directory domain partition

Active Directory connection account should have Domain Admin permissions in each connected Active Directory domain.

Active Directory schema, configuration or application partition

Active Directory connection account should be a member of the Enterprise Admins group.

To send email and email alerts

The Cayosoft Guardian Service Account should have an Microsoft Exchange Online license with a instantiated mailbox. Cayosoft recommends assigning a E1 level license to the service account.

To send Microsoft Teams Alerts