1.0 System Requirements

The following table contains information about supported platforms for Device Service:

Microsoft Windows

Apple MacOS X

Linux

Card plugin

x

x

x

FIDO U2F plugin

x

x

x

Fingerprint plugin

x

PKI plugin

x

x

x

Bluetooth

x

x

x

Device Service for Windows supports Card and PKI redirection to Remote Desktop and Citrix terminal sessions. You must have Device Service installed on the terminal server to perform the redirection.

Device Service also supports virtual channel and you must have the Device Service installed on the both terminal client and terminal server.

NOTE:Local Admins (Windows)/ root (Mac OS X, Linux) privileges are required for installing and removing Device Service.

Ensure that the system meets the following requirements:

  • Microsoft Windows 7(x64/x86) SP1/Microsoft Windows 8.1(x64/x86)/Microsoft Windows 10(x64/x86)/ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2/ Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 is installed.

  • Apple MacOS X 10.11 (El Capitan).

  • The following versions of Linux are installed:

    • Debian 8

    • Ubuntu 15

    • Fedora 24

    • openSUSE 42

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 7.2

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.2

    • CentOS 7

  • One of the following browsers:

    • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

    • Google Chrome 45 and newer

    • Mozilla Firefox 40 and newer

    • Apple Safari 8.0-9.0

    • Microsoft Edge

      To run Device Service on Microsoft Edge, perform the following steps:

      1. Open the command prompt with elevated privileges.

      2. Run the command CheckNetIsolation LoopbackExempt -a -n=Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 is installed for fingerprint or set the parameter fingerprint.isoSupported to false

  • Only Bluetooth is supported, BLE is not supported

    NOTE: It is not recommended to use the Bluetooth functionality on VMware virtual machines, because false authentication can occur when Bluetooth device is disabled or it is out of range.

For more information about additional system requirements, see the following sections: