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 |
PSA-V |
Q |
|
Compute: Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS |
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 |
C 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 |
|