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Hardware and software requirements

Privileged Access Management has no hardware requirements beyond those requirements of the underlying software platforms. Just make sure you have sufficient memory or disk space, and network connectivity.

Important

This article provides the minimum requirements for a basic deployment on an isolated network. It is not intended to demonstrate performance, scalability, or high availability, and does not represent a recommended deployment topology for large enterprises or production environments. If your Active Directory is part of an Internet-connected environment, see instead the securing privileged access guidance for more information on where to start.

Installing from software packages

The following software is required:

  • Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Service Pack 2 (or a subsequent hotfix)
    • Service and Portal: contains the installer for MIM Service and MIM Portal and for the PAM Scenario
    • Add-ins and Extensions: contains the installer for the requestor PowerShell cmdlets
  • Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019
  • Windows 10 Enterprise
  • SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2017 or SQL Server 2019

The following optional software can be downloaded from GitHub:

Hardware requirements

For each component of PAM, refer to the system requirements of the software products.

For CORPDC (optional):

  • Windows Server 2016 or later

For a member workstation:

For PRIVDC:

  • Windows Server 2016 or later

For PAMSRV: