Description
Milestone has released a new version of its video management software – XProtect® 2020 R3, which provides improved data protection, accelerated video search and increased flexibility by supporting additional devices.
Among the main innovations:
✔️ Security and data protection due to new encryption modules that increase the reliability and level of data protection
✔️ Improved video processing performance for faster and more reliable video search with support for 360-degree cameras and use of many other features
✔️ Flexibility of use of cameras and devices for additional peace of mind and safety due to logical adjustment of passwords, drivers without restrictions and new sets of the installed device drivers
✔️ Other improvements, including a new timeline for writing to XProtect Mobile and an update to the XProtect Web Client.
How it works
Professional software for managing IP-video surveillance systems of any scale. The total number of cameras, servers and concurrent client connections is not limited. Supports up to 64 cameras per server.
The program supports multi-monitor configurations and virtual matrices. Provides control of PTZ-cameras with patrol functions, multi-channel audio recording and audio broadcasting, there is a list of alarms, network archiving and analytical modules, API / SDK are supported. Implemented support for interactive maps, as well as Microsoft Active Directory.
Features:
- Support for 5 servers;
- Support for up to 64 IP cameras;
- Up to 5 client connections;
- Optional: web client, Android and iOS mobile clients, free VMS, ONVIF standard, network storage, video analytics.
Key features of XProtect software:
| XProtect VMS Products / Versions |  XProtect Essential+ |
 XProtect Express+ |
 XProtect Professional+ |
 XProtect Expert |
 XProtect Corporate |
| Key features | 2020 R3 | 2020 R3 | 2020 R3 | 2020 R3 | 2020 R3 |
| Type of deployment | Single-server | Single-server | Centrally managed, multi-server | Centrally managed, multi-server | Centrally managed, distributed sites |
| Licensing | Free | Perpetual | Perpetual | Perpetual | Perpetual |
| Number of hardware devices(1) per software license | 8 | 48 | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted |
| Number of cameras(2) per recording server | 8 | 48 | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted |
| Number of recording servers per system | 1 | 1 | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted |
| Maximum numbers of users | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted |
| Customer Dashboard and Connected Services(3) | – | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Alarm Manager | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Video out via Milestone Open Network Bridge | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dual authorization (Smart Client users) | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supports XProtect Smart Client, XProtect Web Client and XProtect Mobile | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Secure HTTPS camera connectivity (on supported devices) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Adding devices on HTTPS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Map function | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Third-party application integration and support for video analytics(4) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in Video Motion Detection (VMD) with Auto adjustable VMD sensitivity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| H.264, MJPEG, MPEG-4, MPEG-4 ASP & MxPEG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| H.265(5) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Adaptive streaming | – | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Direct streaming (mobile server) | – | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Active Directory support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kerberos authentication | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Metadata support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Centralized management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Flexible event rule engine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hardware accelerated video decoding for Video Motion Detection (Quick sync) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hardware accelerated video decoding for Video Motion Detection (NVIDIA) | – | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Hardware accelerated video decoding in the Mobile Server | Yes; | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Support for live video play without recording storage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Edge Storage and Scalable Video Quality Recording™ | – | – | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Smart Map functions | – | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Media database encryption and digital signing | – | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Recording Server communication encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Management Server communication encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile Server communication encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hot- & cold-failover recording server | – | – | – | Yes | Yes |
| Evidence lock | – | – | – | – | Yes |
| Supports XProtect Smart Wall | – | – | – | Option | Included |
| Milestone Federated Architecture™ | – | – | – | Remote site | Central/ Remote site |
| Milestone Interconnect™ | – | Remote site | Remote site | Remote site | Central/ Remote site |
