Kaspersky Endpoint Agent activation

This section contains information about Kaspersky Endpoint Agent activation.

Managing Kaspersky Endpoint Agent activation

You can activate Kaspersky Endpoint Agent in one of the following ways:

• During installation:
  • By specifying the key file at a certain step of the Installation Wizard.
  • By placing the key file in the same folder as the endpointagent.msi file before starting the installation in quiet mode (including remote installation).
  • By specifying the path to the key file using the LICENSEKEYPATH parameter when installing the application in quiet mode (including remote installation).

    If there are several key files in the folder, Kaspersky Endpoint Agent will be activated using the key file with the latest license expiration date.

    If Kaspersky Endpoint Agent installer does not detect a key file suitable to activate Kaspersky Endpoint Agent, the application will be installed without being activated.

  When you update Kaspersky Endpoint Agent, the current license is automatically applied to Kaspersky Endpoint Agent. The license term will remain unchanged. When updating the application with an expired license, the new application version works in limited functionality mode after installation.

  If the license for the updated version has expired, you can add the license key during the update. The key file can be passed using one of the specified methods.

• After installation:
  • Using the Application activation task in Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console or in Kaspersky Security Center Web Console.
  • Using the command line locally on the device.

You can use Kaspersky Security Center as a proxy server to activate Kaspersky Endpoint Agent.

You can view information about the current Kaspersky Security Center license in the Kaspersky licenses section, in the device properties, or using the command line.

For detailed information on managing keys using Kaspersky Security Center, refer to Kaspersky Security Center Help.

After the license expires, the application will continue to work but with limited functionality.

Functional limitations after the license expiration

When the license expires, the following limitations will arise in the operation of Kaspersky Endpoint Agent functional components:

• Telemetry data is not collected.
• Network isolation cannot be enabled.

  If network isolation was enabled when the license expired, the application will disable network isolation in accordance with the specified settings for automatic disabling of network isolation.

• Execution prevention cannot be enabled.

  If Execution prevention was enabled when the license expired, the application will stop blocking objects that fall under the specified Execution prevention rules.

• The following tasks stop and cannot be started: Run process, Terminate process, Delete file.
• The Standard IOC Scan tasks will stop and cannot be started.
• KSN/KPSN usage terminates.

When you try to use the listed application functional components after the license expires, the application will create the critical LicenseViolation event in the Windows event log and in the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server log. When working using the command line, the application will return the code 8 (AccessDenied).

Viewing information about the current license

You can view information about the current license in Kaspersky Security Center in the Kaspersky licenses section or in the device properties in the Keys section. For detailed information on managing keys using Kaspersky Security Center, refer to Kaspersky Security Center Help.

To view information about an active license in the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console:

1. In the Managed devices folder of the Administration Console tree, select the folder with the name of the administration group, which includes the required device.
2. In the workspace, select the Devices tab.
3. Select the device for which you want to configure Kaspersky Endpoint Agent settings.
4. Select Properties in the device context menu.

   The device properties window opens.

5. Select the Applications section.

   A list of Kaspersky applications installed on the device is displayed in the window.

6. Select Kaspersky Endpoint Agent and open its properties window in one of the following ways:
   • Double-click the application name.
   • In the application context menu, select Properties.
   • Click the Properties button under the list of Kaspersky applications.
7. Select the Keys section.

Information about the current license will be displayed in the window.

To view information about an active license in the Kaspersky Security Center Web Console:

1. On the Devices tab, select Managed devices.
2. Click the name of the device you want.
3. In the device properties window that opens, select the Applications tab.
4. In the list of applications, select Kaspersky Endpoint Agent.
5. In the application properties window that opens, select the General tab and open the License section.

The general information about active and backup license keys will be displayed.