Content Manager Java and .NET support history

SDL Tridion Sites 9.1 Content Manager has a number of changed Java and .NET prerequisites compared to SDL Web 8.5 or SDL Tridion Sites 9.

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:
.NET Framework8.599.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2DrNN
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2YDN
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2NYN
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8NNY
Java support history:
Java instance8.599.1
Eclipse Temurin OpenJDK 11 (formerly known as AdoptOpenJDK OpenJDK 11) (18.9 LTS release) using the HotSpot JVMNNY
Eclipse Temurin OpenJDK 8 (formerly known as AdoptOpenJDK OpenJDK 8) using the HotSpot JVMNYN
Oracle Java JDK 11.0NNY
Oracle Java JDK 8.0YYN

Content Manager server requires a 64-bit version of Java.

If you want to use Oracle JDK 11, you must do the following before running the Content Manager installer:
  • Install Oracle JDK 11 on your Content Manager server machine.
  • Add the bin\ subdirectory of your Java folder (for example, c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11.0.4\bin) to your PATH environment variable on your Content Manager server machine.

If you do not have Java 11 installed, the installer installs Eclipse Temurin OpenJDK 11 (18.9 LTS release) using the HotSpot JVM.