Windows Supported Platforms

The following table lists the Supported Windows Platforms vs PCS features:

Windows Platform

 

Admin UI

BYOD

Cross Platform Features

Advanced HTML5

Host Checker

PSAL

PSIS

Terminal Services

JSAM

Windows 10 Version 21H1

(OS build 10.0.19043.1110)

Professional, 64-bit

Internet Explorer 11,

Edge 91.0.864.71,

Google Chrome 91.0.4472.164,

Firefox ESR 78.12,

Oracle JRE 8 update 291

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Windows 10 Version 20H2

(OS build 10.0.19042.572)

Professional, 64-bit

Internet Explorer 11,

Edge 86,

Google Chrome 83,

Firefox ESR 68,

Oracle JRE 8, 9 and 10 update 251

C

C

C

Q

C

C

C

C

C

Windows 10 Version 2004

(OS Build 10.0.19041.329)

Enterprise, 32-bit and 64-bit

Internet Explorer 11,

Edge 83,

Google Chrome 83,

Firefox ESR 68,

Oracle JRE 8, 9 and 10 update 251

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Windows 10 Version 2004

(OS Build 10.0.19041.264)

Enterprise, 32-bit and 64-bit

Internet Explorer 11,

Edge 83,

Google Chrome 83,

Firefox ESR 68,

Oracle JRE 8, 9 and 10 update 144

C

C

C

-

C

C

C

C

C

Windows 10 Redstone 6 Version 1903

(OS Build 10.0.18362.338)

64-bit

Internet Explorer 11,

Edge,

Google Chrome 61,

Firefox ESR 60,

Oracle JRE 8, 9 and 10 update 144

Q

Q

Q

-

C

Q

Q

Q

Q

From 9.1R2 release onwards, Network Connect (NC) client and legacy Windows Secure Application Manager (WSAM) client are not supported.

Mac OS Supported Platforms

The following table lists the supported Mac OS platforms vs PCS features:

Mac Platform

 

Admin UI

BYOD

AdvancedHTML5

Cross Platform Features

Host Checker

PSAL

PSIS

Terminal Services

JSAM

Mac OS Big Sur Version 11.4

Safari 14.0, Chrome 86, Java 8 update 291

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

-

-

Q

Mac OS Big Sur Version 11.0.1 (20B29)

Safari 14.0

Chrome 86

C

C

C

C

C

C

-

-

C

Mac OS Catalina Version 10.15.5 64-bit

Safari 13.0, Chrome 83, Oracle JRE, JDK 8, 9 and 10

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

-

-

Q

Mac OS Catalina Version 10.15.3 64-bit

Safari 12.0, Chrome 73, Oracle JRE, JDK 8, 9 and 10

C

C

-

C

Q

C

-

-

Q

Pulse Secure Application Launcher supports Pulse Client and Host Checker.

Network Connect Support EOL from 8.3R1 onwards on MAC platforms.

Linux Supported Platforms

The following table lists the supported Linux platforms vs PCS features:

Linux Platform

 

Admin UI

BYOD

Cross Platform Features

Host Checker

PSAL

PSIS

Terminal Services

JSAM

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Firefox ESR 78.12, 64-bit

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Firefox ESR 78.7.1, 64-bit

C

-

C

C

C

-

-

C

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Firefox ESR 78.7.1, 64-bit

C

-

C

C

C

-

-

C

Hypervisor Supported Platforms

The following Hypervisor Supported Platforms table lists supported third-party applications:

Application

Support Summary

Qualified

Compatible

Virtual SA

 

 

 

ESXi 7.0

PSA-V

Q

 

ESXi 6.7 Update 2c

PSA-V

Q

 

ESXi 6.5

PSA-V

 

C

ESXi 6.0

PSA-V

 

C

ESXi 5.5, 5.5 U3

PSA-V

 

C

OpenStack KVM

 

 

 

Controller: CentOS 7.6

QEMU version: 2.12.0

PSA-V

Q

 

Compute: Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS

QEMU version: 3.1.0

PSA-V

Q

 

Hyper-V

 

 

 

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 and 2019

 

Q

 

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2

 

 

C

The table specifies the qualified or compatible versions for the Hypervisors. Customers can deploy PCS on other versions at their own discretion.

Pulse Secure Installer Service

Pulse Secure Installer Service is supported for the following client applications:

Host Checker

Pulse Collaboration

Terminal Services

Cross-Platform Features

The Pulse Connect Secure supports the following features on multiple platforms:

File Browsing

HTML5 RDP

Java Secure Application Manager (JSAM)

Premier Java Applet

Pulse Collaboration

Secure Terminal Access

Web Browsing

Pulse Secure Application Launcher (PSAL) Support

Pulse Connect Secure 8.2R1 introduced a new mechanism, “Pulse Secure Application Launcher” (PSAL), for launching and installing Pulse Secure clients from a web browser which have deprecated Java Plugin, ActiveX technologies and have restrictions on Java.

Supported on Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome & Edge Browser on Windows Platform.

Supported on Safari 12 and Chrome 61 on Mac OS High Sierra 10.13 and Mac OS Mojave 10.14

Details are listed in Windows Supported Platforms.

Pulse Application Launcher supports delivery & installation of following Components:

Pulse Desktop Client

Host Checker

Pulse Collaboration

Terminal Services

Terminal Services – Premiere JAVA Applet (HOB Applet)

Java Secure Application Manager

Pulse Desktop Client

See the Pulse Secure Desktop Client Supported Platforms Guide.

Pulse Secure Collaboration Client Recommendations

The following table lists the Recommended Minimum Platform Requirements for Pulse Secure Collaboration Client:

Component

Requirements

CPU

1 GHz or more for Windows Client.

1 GHz G4 or Intel processor for a Mac.

Memory

256 MB of available RAM or more.

Color Quality

For best results, use 16 bits.

8 bits, 16 bits, 24 bits, and 32 bits are also supported.

Monitor Resolution

1024 x 768 pixels. Up to 2048 x 2048 pixels is supported.

Pulse Secure Collaboration Client is not supported on a Mac PowerPC. It is supported only on Intel-based Mac machines.

Pulse Collaboration sharing features are not supported on Ubuntu 12.04, Linux openSUSE 11.x, 10.x, and Linux openSUSE 12.1.

Pulse Secure Mobile Client

The following table lists the Supported Mobile Llatforms for the Pulse Secure Mobile Client:

Mobile Platforms

Active Sync

Host Checker

HTML5 RDP

VPN

Pulse Collaboration

Android

8.1, 9.0,10.0, 11.0

C

C

C

C

-

IOS

11.x, 12.x, 13.x, 14.x

C

C

C

C

C

IOS

iOS 10.2.1, 9.3.5

Q

Q

Q

Q

Q

Platform Support for Device Onboarding

The following Device Onboarding Features table lists Device onboarding features that are qualified with this release:

Operating System/Feature

VPN

Certificate

WiFi

Secure Email

IOS 14.x, 13.x, 12.x, 11.x, 10.x, 9.x

Q

Q

Q

Q

Android 11.x, 10.x, 9.x, 8.x

Q

Q

Q

-

Windows 10

Windows 8.1

-

Q

Q

-

Mac OS X 10.12, Safari 9.0 & Safari 10.0

Mac OS X 10.10.5, Safari 8.0.8

Mac OS X 10.9.5 Safari 7.0.x

-

Q

Q

-

Mac OS Big Sur Version 11.0.1 (20B29)

Mac OS Catalina Version 10.15.5 64-bit

-

Q

Q

-

MDM Solutions

The following MDM Vendors table lists the requirements for integration with mobile device management (MDM) vendors:

Solution

Qualified

Compatible

AirWatch

 

 

Cloud service

19.11.1.5

19.03.0.6

Appliance OS

 

C

Virtual appliance OS

Q

 

MobileIron

 

 

Cloud service

10.5.0.0.107R

10.1.0.2

Appliance OS

 

C

Virtual appliance OS

Q

 

Microsoft Intune

 

 

Cloud service

Release version 2106

 

Pulse Workspace

 

 

Cloud service

1.8.0-1628

 

Platform Support for AAA

The following Third-Party AAA Servers table lists supported third-party AAA servers:

Third-Party AAA Server

Qualified

Compatible

Active Directory*

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2012 R2**

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2003

LDAP using Microsoft Active Directory

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2003

LDAP using Novell eDirectory

 

Novell Client for Windows 2000/XP Version 4.91 SP2

LDAP using Sun ONE iPlanet Server

 

Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2

LDAP (other standards-compliant servers)

OpenLDAP 2.3.27

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Authentication and authorization based on user attributes or group membership.

RADIUS

Steel-Belted RADIUS (SBR) 6.1

Defender 5.2

RSA Authentication Manager 8.4.0.3.0

Azure MFA Radius

Windows IAS 2008

RSA Authentication Manager 8.3

RADIUS IPv6 Support

Steel-Belted RADIUS (SBR) 6.1

Windows NPS 2012 R2

Free-RADIUS 2.1

RADIUS (other standards-compliant servers)

 

C

ACE

RSA Authentication Manager 8.4.0.3.0

RSA Authentication Manager 8.3

RSA Authentication Manager 8.2

RSA Authentication Manager 8.1

RSA Authentication Manager 8.0 SP4

Siteminder

CA Siteminder 12.7

CA Siteminder 12.52 SP1

CA Siteminder 12.0 SP3

CA Siteminder 5.5

CA Siteminder 6.0 SP4

Certificate

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2008R2

RSA Keon Certificate Manager 6.5.1

Certificate (other standards-compliant servers)

 

C

SAML*** 2.0, 1.1

PingFederate 6.4.1.1

Azure AD

Microsoft ADFS 2.0 (Server 2008 R2)

Oracle Identity Federation 11.1.1.2.0

SAML 2.0, 1.1 (other standards-compliant servers)

 

C

*Additional requirements and limitations apply. See Active Directory section in the PCS Administration Guide.

** Applicable only for New AD mode Auth server.

***For information on the SAML SSO profiles, bindings, and protocols that we support, see Supported SAML SSO Profiles section in the PCS Administration Guide.

Third-Party Applications

The following Third-Party Applications table lists supported third-party applications:

Application

Support Summary

Qualified

Compatible

Outlook Web Access (OWA)

 

 

 

OWA 2019

Web Profiles (Rewriter, Passthrough Proxy)

Q

 

OWA 2016

Web Profiles (Rewriter, Passthrough Proxy)

Q

 

OWA 2013 SP1

Web Profiles (Rewriter, Passthrough Proxy)

Q

 

OWA 2010 SP2, SP1

Web Profiles (Rewriter, Passthrough Proxy)

 

C

OWA 2007

Web Profiles (Rewriter, Passthrough Proxy)

 

C

SharePoint

 

 

 

SharePoint 2019 (Classic UI only)

Web Profiles (Rewriter, Passthrough Proxy)

Q

 

SharePoint 2016

Web Profiles (Rewriter, Passthrough Proxy)

 

C

SharePoint 2013 SP1

Web Profiles (Rewriter, Passthrough Proxy)

 

C

SharePoint 2010, 2007

Web Profiles (Rewriter, Passthrough Proxy)

 

C

IBM Domino

 

 

 

Lotus iNotes 9.0

Web Profiles (Rewriter, Passthrough Proxy)

Q

 

Lotus iNotes 8.5.3

Web Profiles (Rewriter, Passthrough Proxy)

 

C

Lotus Connect 3.0, 2.5

Rewriter

 

C

Citrix

 

 

 

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1912 LTSR

HTML5 Access and CTS

Q

 

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 below 1912

HTML5 Access and CTS

 

C

Citrix StoreFront 1912 LTSR

HTML5 Access and CTS

Q

 

Citrix StoreFront versions 3.16 and below

HTML5 Access and CTS

 

C

Citrix StoreFront with HTML5 Access

Custom Web Profile

 

C

Citrix Listed Applications with Server 6.5 SP1, 6.0, 7.6, 7.8

Citrix Terminal Services

 

C

Citrix Workspace version 2002

Web, Terminal Services and SAM Profile

Q

 

Citrix Receiver versions below 4.11

Web, Terminal Services and SAM Profile

 

C

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1912 LTSR

Citrix Terminal Services

Q

 

Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.18 and below

Citrix Terminal Services

 

C

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1912 LTSR

VDI Profiles

Q

 

Citrix XenDesktop 7.15 and below

VDI Profiles

 

C

Citrix Web Interface 5.4 Web Profiles

Rewriter, JSAM, and WSAM

Q

 

VMWare

 

 

 

VMWare Horizon View Connection Server version 8.0, 8.1

Rewriter

Q

 

VMWare Horizon View Connection Server version 7.12

Rewriter

Q

 

VMWare Horizon View Connection Server version 7.12

Rewriter

Q

 

VMWare Horizon View Connection Server versions below 7.12

Rewriter

 

C

VMWare Horizon Agent version 8.0, 8.1

VDI Profiles

Q

 

VMWare Horizon Agent version 7.12

VDI Profiles

Q

 

VMWare Horizon Agent versions below 7.12

VDI Profiles

 

C

VMWare Horizon View HTML Access version 5.4

VDI Profiles

Q

 

VMWare Horizon View HTML Access versions below 5.4

VDI Profiles

 

C

VMWare Horizon View Client version 8.0

VDI Profiles

Q

 

VMWare Horizon View Client version 5.4

VDI Profiles

Q

 

VMWare Horizon View Client versions below 5.4

VDI Profiles

 

C

VMWare View Server version 4.6, 5.0, 5.1, 2.3.x

VDI Profiles

 

C

Exchange ActiveSync

 

 

 

Office 365

Secure Mail Resource Profile

Q

 

Exchange 2016

Secure Mail Resource Profile

Q

 

Exchange 2013, 2010 SP1, and 2007

Secure Mail Resource Profile

 

C

ESAP Package

 

 

 

ESAP 3.4.8 (default version)

Host Checker

Q

 

ESAP 3.3.5 (minimum version)

Host Checker

Q