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Content Manager Java and .NET support history

SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 Content Manager has a number of changed Java and .NET prerequisites compared to SDL Tridion 2009 SP1, SDL Tridion 2011 SP1, SDL Tridion 2011 SP1 HR1, SDL Tridion 2011 SP1 HR2 or SDL Tridion 2013. The hotfix rollup 1 for SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 introduces some further changes.

In the following tables: N=not supported, Y=supported, D=Deprecated (support may be dropped in the following version release), Dr=Dropped (support is definitely dropped in the following version release), P=Probably dropped (support is probably dropped in the following version release).

.NET framework support history is as follows:
.NET Framework2009 SP12011 SP120132013 SP12013 SP1 HR1
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2DNNNN
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1YDrNNN
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0NYYYY
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5NNYDrDr
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1NNNYDr
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2NNNNY
Java support history is as follows:
Java instance2009 SP12011 SP120132013 SP12013 SP1 HR1
Java JDK 5.0YDrNNN
Java JDK 6.0YYPDrDr
Java JDK 7.0NNYYY
Java JDK 8.0NNNYY
Java JRE 5.0YDrNNN
Java JRE 6.0YYPDrDr
Java JRE 7.0NNYYY
Java JRE 8.0NNNYY

Content Manager server requires a 64-bit version of Java. Note that if you still use the Business Connector (deprecated), you may still require a 32-bit version of Java.

If you intend to run Java 8.0 or Java 7.0 on Windows, note that you also require the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable SP1.

You can download the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable from this location: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999