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Windows Small Business Server 2011 – all editions
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – Essentials and Foundation editions
2.2 Management server and management console
Regardless of the product, you can install the management server and the management console on a
machine running any of these operating systems:
Windows XP Professional SP3 (x86, x64)
Windows Server 2003/2003 R2 – Standard and Enterprise editions (x86, x64)
Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2
Windows Vista – all editions except for Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium (x86, x64)
Windows Server 2008 – Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions (x86, x64)
Windows Small Business Server 2008
Windows 7 – all editions except for the Starter and Home editions (x86, x64)
Windows Server 2008 R2 – Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Foundation editions
Windows MultiPoint Server 2010/2011/2012
Windows Small Business Server 2011 – all editions
Windows 8/8.1 – all editions except for the Windows RT editions (x86, x64)
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 – all editions
Windows Storage Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2
3 Where do I install the components?
Assume that your company network includes a server and five workstations running Windows. All
the machines are backed up by the administrator. In addition, one user needs the ability to control
his/her machine backup. To protect all the machines, you need:
Five licenses for Acronis Backup Advanced for PC.
One license for Acronis Backup Advanced for Windows Server or Acronis Backup for Windows
Server Essentials, depending on the operating system your server is running.
The agents have to be installed on each machine you want to back up. The management server can
be installed on any machine that provides continuous services availability and has a network
connection to the machines that you want to back up. The console, which provides the GUI to the
agents and to the management server, should be installed on the machines from where backups will
be set up and monitored.
