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Differences between on-premises and cloud management console

ESET PROTECT Cloud includes all of the key features and capabilities you know from ESET PROTECT but has been adjusted to fit the needs of a cloud-based management. You can migrate from ESET PROTECT to ESET PROTECT Cloud.

The table below includes descriptions of the major differences between ESET PROTECT Cloud and ESET PROTECT.

General difference

ESET PROTECT Cloud

ESET PROTECT

Hosting

Runs in the ESET-maintained cloud environment.

Runs on your physical or virtualized environment.

Manageable devices limitation

50,000 client devices.

Limitation depends on server hardware limitations.

Supported product versions

•Business products version 6 and later.

•ESET Inspect Cloud

ESET PROTECT Cloud does not support ESET Inspect but supports ESET Inspect Cloud. If you migrate from ESET PROTECT to ESET PROTECT Cloud, you will not be able to manage ESET Inspect from ESET PROTECT Cloud, but you can manage ESET Inspect Cloud from ESET PROTECT Cloud.

•Business products version 4 and later.

•ESET Inspect

Components

•ESET Management Agent

•RD Sensor

•Deployment Tool

•CloudMDM

•ESET Management Agent

•RD Sensor

•Deployment Tool

•MDM

Active Directory

Active Directory synchronization is available with the use of ESET Active Directory Scanner.

Active Directory synchronization is available.

Mobile Device Management

•Mobile device management is available by default via CloudMDM.

•Limited input enrollment for Android devices is available as an enrollment option.

•Mobile device management is available via ESET PROTECT MDM.

ESET PROTECT Cloud Mobile Device Management/Connector (MDM/MDC) component (on-premises only) is scheduled for End of Life. Read more. We recommend that you migrate to Cloud MDM.

Certificates

Certificate management is handled by ESET.

User can create, edit or import/export Certificates and Certification Authorities.

Access rights

Access Rights Management was moved to ESET Business Account but you can specify access to specific ESET PROTECT Cloud features for a user with custom permissions.

Advanced multi-tenant access rights security model that is manageable from the ESET PROTECT interface.

License management

License management was fully moved to ESET Business Account.

License management is partially in ESET PROTECT and partially in ESET Business Account.

How to add computers

Computers can be added via Active Directory synchronization, from an RD sensor report and using GPO and SCCM installer scripts.

Computers can be added via Active Directory synchronization, from an RD sensor report, using GPO and SCCM installer scripts, manually by adding a new device with the addition of an Agent Deployment task, or by installing Agent locally.

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