1.1 Managed Device Requirements

The Managed Device Requirements in ZENworks 11 SP4 System Requirements provides a list of software and hardware requirements that must be met to install the ZENworks Adaptive Agent on a device. Devices that you want to use for ZENworks Full Disk Encryption must meet those requirements. Exceptions to those requirements are provided in the following list:

Item

Requirements

Operating System

ZENworks Full Disk Encryption is not supported on all operating systems listed in Managed Device Requirements in ZENworks 11 SP4 System Requirements. The supported operating systems for ZENworks Full Disk Encryption are:

  • Windows XP Professional (x86) with SP3

  • Windows 7 (x86 and x86_64) with or without SP1 — Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions only

  • Windows 8 (x86 and x86_64) — Professional and Enterprise editions only

  • Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Update (x86 and x86_64) — Professional and Enterprise editions only

  • Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro

  • Windows 10 (x86 and x86_64) — Professional, Education, Enterprise, and Enterprise LTSB editions

Virtual Environments

ZENworks Full Disk Encryption is not supported in virtual environments. This includes both virtual machines and machines accessed via thin-clients. When installing the ZENworks Adaptive Agent to a virtual environment machine, do not enable Full Disk Encryption.

Firmware

BIOS firmware is required. UEFI firmware is not supported.