Requirements:
* Windows Vista/Server 2008 or higher
+* Versions older than Windows 10/Server 2016 require the [Universal C Runtime for Windows](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2999226/update-for-universal-c-runtime-in-windows)
* [Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0](https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=1639) for the setup wizard
The installer package includes the [NSClient++](https://www.nsclient.org/) package
More details in [this chapter](06-distributed-monitoring.md#distributed-monitoring-setup-sign-certificates-master).
+### Windows Client <a id="upgrading-to-2-8-windows-client"></a>
+
+Windows versions older than Windows 10/Server 2016 require the [Universal C Runtime for Windows](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2999226/update-for-universal-c-runtime-in-windows).
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### Removed Bottom Up Client Mode <a id="upgrading-to-2-8-removed-bottom-up-client-mode"></a>
This client mode was deprecated in 2.6 and was removed in 2.8.