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Cayosoft Guardian System Requirements

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Cayosoft Guardian System Requirements

Hardware Requirements 

Component Requirements

Platform

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

Memory

8 GB minimum, 16 GB recommended

Note: For environments with 100k user accounts or more, 32 Gb RAM or more is recommended. 

Disk

180 Gb or more of free disk space

Machine

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

 

Software Requirements

Component Requirements

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 2017 or newer, or Azure SQL is strongly recommended. Azure SQL standard database must be created with one of the following configurations:

  1. the S3 or above pricing tiers,
  2. 100 eDTU at least,
  3. equivalent vCore option.

Required ports

Learn more about ports used by Cayosoft Guardian

 Important: Microsoft Internet Explorer is not supported. 

Required permissions  

System or task Permissions

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 an instantiated mailbox. Cayosoft recommends assigning a E1 level license to the service account.

To send Microsoft Teams Alerts

 The Cayosoft Guardian Service Account should have a Microsoft Teams license. Cayosoft recommends assigning a E1 level license to the service account.

Create an Azure share for backups 

 An account with a Contributor role in the resource group is required if you plan to create a resource group manually and only allow Cayosoft Guardian to create the resources such as Azure file share.

Create Azure resources for recovery site 

 An account with a Contributor role in the resource group is required if you plan to create a resource group manually and only allow Cayosoft Guardian to create the resources. A Contributor role for the subscription is required for Cayosoft Guardian to create a resource group with all resources. 

Create resources in AWS

 To back up to S3 storage and create resources in AWS, Cayosoft Guardian requires an account with AdministratorAccess permissions. Cayosoft recommends creating a separate organization and accounts for instant forest recovery, so the service accounts can only access resources required for forest recovery, and it does not have access to production workloads.

 

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