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General and Hardware Requirements for Omnissa Workspace ONE Assist

Both SaaS and On-Premises customers must meet minimum requirements before using Workspace ONE Assist.

General Requirements

SaaS customers must meet only the general requirements listed here.

RequirementsMinimum
Supported Browsers for AdminsLatest version of Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge. Only Chrome and Edge support the File Manager and Clipboard features.
Omnissa Workspace ONE ™ UEM versionWorkspace ONE UEM 9.2 or later with the ARM add-on.

Hardware Requirements (for On-Premises Servers)

In addition to the general requirements, on-premises customers must also meet the hardware requirements.

Workspace ONE Assist Server (On-Premises Server)caption>
HardwareMinimum
CPUs2.4 GHz Processors, 4 Logical Processors, 2 CPUs, 2 Core 2x2 or 4 physical depending on machine type, virtual machine, or physical.
Memory16 GB
Hard Drive IOPS200
Hard Drive Space100 GB for OS drive
Workspace ONE Assist Database Server (for On-Premises Server)caption>
HardwareMinimum
CPUs2.4 GHz Processors, 4 Logical Processors, 2 CPUs, 2 Core 2x2 or 4 physical depending on the machine type, virtual machine, or physical.
Memory16 GB
Hard Drive IOPS200
Hard Drive Space 200 GB for databases
Bandwidth
HardwareMinimum
Average Remote Session Requirement1 MB/per minute (17 kbps)

On-Premises Hardware Scaling Requirements

Use the following requirements as a basis for creating an effective Workspace ONE Assist system that scales to your on-premises environment.

These requirements do not include network equipment such as load balancers or monitoring servers. All the arrangements presented here offer a high system availability in active and passive modes.

# Devices / # of Concurrent Remote Sessions / # of Concurrent Enrollments Core Server (all in one)DB ServerCP ServerCAP Server
Less than 1000 / Up to 50 sessions / 5 enrollments per sec 1 server (2 CPUs, 32 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD): * Windows 2016 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2022 (w/GUI) * MS SQL 2014–2022 Express (if DB is on the same server). 1 server, optional (2 CPUs, 8 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD): * Windows 2016 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2022 (w/GUI). * MS SQL 2014–2022 Express.n/an/a
1000–10,000 / Up to 50 sessions / 5 enrollments per sec 1 server (2 CPUs, 32 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD): * Windows 2016 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2022 (w/GUI) * MS SQL 2014–2022 Standard/Enterprise (if DB is on same server). 1 server, optional (2 CPUs, 8 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD): * Windows 2016 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2022 (w/GUI) * MS SQL 2014–2022 Standard/Enterprise(SQL Always ON is supported)n/an/a
10,000–100,000 / Up to 50 sessions / 5 enrollments per sec 1 server (2 CPUs, 32 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD): * Windows 2016 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2022 (w/GUI) 1 server, optional (2 CPUs, 16 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD): * Windows 2016 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2022 (w/GUI) * MS SQL 2014–2022 Standard/Enterprise (SQL Always ON is supported)n/an/a
100,000–500,000 / Up to 100 sessions / 20 enrollments per secn/a SQL cluster (2 CPUs, 32 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD): * Windows 2016 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2022 (w/GUI) * MS SQL 2014–2022 Standard/Enterprise (SQL Always ON is supported) 2 servers (4 CPUs, 16 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD: * Windows 2016 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2022 (w/GUI) 2 servers (4 CPUs, 32 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD: * Windows 2016 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2022 (w/GUI)
500,000–1 million / Up to 200 sessions / 40 enrollments per secn/a SQL cluster (4 CPUs, 32–64 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD): * Windows 2016 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2022 (w/GUI) * MS SQL 2014–2022 Standard/Enterprise (SQL Always ON is supported) 4 servers (8 CPUs, 16 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD: * Windows 2016 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2022 (w/GUI) 4 servers (8 CPUs, 32 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD: * Windows 2016 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2022 (w/GUI)

On-Premises Software Requirements

Ensure that you meet the following software requirements to run Workspace ONE Assist.

SaaS and On-Premises Device Software Requirements

For a full listing of platform-specific software requirements for devices, see Supported Platforms and Configure End-User Devices.

On-Premises Installation Software Requirements

Workspace ONE Assist Server
RequirementDescription
Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Server 2022 (w/GUI), 2019 (w/GUI), 2016 (w/GUI).
Software Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
Server Roles *
  • Application Server
  • Web Server IIS
Features **
  • .NET Framework 4.7 Features
    • .NET Framework 4.7.2
    • ASP .NET 4.7
    • WCF Services
      • HTTP Activation
      • Named Pipe Activation
      • TCP Activation and TCP Port Sharing
  • Message Queuing Services
  • Windows Process Activation Service
    • Process Model
    • .NET Environment 3.5
    • Configuration APIs

* For medium and multiple server deployments, these roles are not required on the Connection Proctor (CP) Servers. The ONLY software requirement on Connection Proctor (CP) servers is .NET Framework 4.8 or newer.

Workspace ONE Assist Database
RequirementDescription
Operating System
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016.
Software
  • MS SQL Server of any of the following versions.
    • 2014 Standard or Enterprise
    • 2016 Standard or Enterprise
    • 2017 Standard or Enterprise
    • 2019 Standard or Enterprise
    • 2022 Standard or Enterprise
    • Express 2014 or later (only for deployments with less than 2000 devices)
  • MS SQL Management Studio 17 (only when SQL Server Express 2014 or later is used).
  • Microsoft .Net Framework 4.8
  • SQL Always ON is supported
  • Microsoft SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) DLL
  • The supported collation is SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
  • Domain user account is supported

Databases and Settings Created Automatically During Installation

You must have a server admin account (or equivalent) for these elements to auto-create when you install Workspace ONE Assist.

Note:

  • The server admin equivalent user is required only during installation.
  • Each of these elements are created on the Database Server automatically when the installer runs.
User MappingDbowner
UsersApdbuser Database role: Db_owner for all Assist user databases. Apadminuser Database role: Db_owner for all Assist user databases. Note: Apdbuser/Apadminuser name can be changed or customized during database installation.
DatabasesApAdmin
Maintains all the system configurations, tenant (customer) configuration, management information, system administration data, and server instrumentation data. There is only one ApAdmin database for all tenants.

ApPublic
Contains pre-enrollment information on devices. There is only one ApPublic database for all tenants.

APOps (template DB), Apops_<UUID> (Database Apops_<UUID> is created based on the APOps - template DB)
Maintains data required for the operations of the system such as device enrollment, Access Control List’s (ACL), groups, users, zones, and so on. There is one template APOps database and one for the tenant with the GUID.

APReports (template DB), Apreports_<UUID> (Database Apreports _<UUID> is created based on APReports - template DB)
Contains historical data of device enrollment, session, audit, report views, and so on. There is one template APReports database and one for the tenant with a GUID.

ApJournal (template DB), Apjournal_<UUID> (Database Apjournal _<UUID> is created based on ApJournal - template DB)
Contains aggregated information on the tenant necessary to construct various reports. There is one template APJournal database and one for the tenant with a GUID. But this is not actively used for on-prem customers.

Domain Name Service

Domain Name Service is optional for on-premises multiple server deployments of Workspace ONE Assist. Domain Name Service is NOT required on single-server deployments (App+Core+Portal+CP).

In multiple server deployments, the Workspace ONE Assist server requires a forward lookup zone and three DNS records within the forward lookup zone. These records enable devices to communicate properly with the components within the Workspace ONE Assist server. The forward lookup zone, the host record, and the service records all must point to the Workspace ONE Assist server.

RequirementDescription
Forward Lookup Zone Create a forward lookup zone that points to your Workspace ONE Assist server. The forward lookup zone must be named.
controlplane.aetherpal.internal
Host (A) Record The Host (A) Record must be named the following.
admin
  • If the Workspace ONE Assist Server is behind a load balancer, then the Host (A) Record must point to the internal IP address of the VIP (also known as Virtual IP) for the load balanced pool.
  • If the Workspace ONE Assist server is not behind a load balancer, then the Host (A) Record must point to the Workspace ONE Assist Server IP address.
Service Coordinator Service Records
  • Record type: SRV.
  • Domain: controlplane.aetherpal.internal
  • Service: _svc.
  • Protocol: _tcp.
  • Priority: 0
  • Weight: 0
  • Port number: 8870
  • Host Offering this service: admin.controlplane.aetherpal.internal

Custom Lookup Zone

You can use a custom Forward Lookup Zone with the Domain Name Service in place of the prescribed zone above. Full instructions on entering a custom lookup zone are provided in steps 11 and 14 of the Advanced (Custom) Installation of Workspace ONE Assist. See Advanced (Custom) Installation of Workspace ONE Assist.

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