Windows requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Windows XP SP3 and above

Windows Server 2003 SP2 and above

Minimum Requirements

512MB RAM

200MB Storage

Certificate Support

Qualys Cloud Platform certification uses SHA2-512. Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 do not include SHA2 support by default so you must install a SHA2 hotfix on these systems, otherwise certification will fail.

Cloud Agent Platform Windows Hotfixes

Get more information

Microsoft KB Article on SHA-256 Support

Microsoft Developer Troubleshooting help