Content Manager Explorer operating system support history

SDL Tridion 2011 SP1 Content Manager Explorer has a number of changed operating system prerequisites compared to version 5.3, 5.3 SP1, 2009, 2009 SP1 and 2011.

In the following table: N=Not Supported, Y=Supported, D=Deprecated (support may be dropped in the next version release), Dr=Dropped (support is definitely dropped in the next version release), P=Probably dropped (support is probably dropped in the next version release):

Operating system5.35.3 SP120092009 SP120112011 SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4DDNNNN
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4DDNNNN
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4DDNNNN
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86YYYYYP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 ia64YYNNNN
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64YYYYYP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 x86YYYYYP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 x64YYYYYP
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 x86NNYYDDr
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64NNYYDDr
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64NNNNYDr
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 x64NNNNNY
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 x86YDNNNN
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 x86NYYYDDr
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 x64YYYYDDr
Microsoft Windows VistaYDNNNN
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 x86NYDDNN
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 x64NYDDNN
Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 x86NNYDNN
Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 x64NNYDNN
Microsoft Windows 7 x86NNNNYDr
Microsoft Windows 7 x64NNNNYDr
Microsoft Windows 7 x86 SP1NNNNNY
Microsoft Windows 7 x64 SP1NNNNNY
MacOS X 10.6 Snow LeopardNNNNYDr
MacOS X 10.7 LionNNNNNY