SAP GUI for Windows

Release / Platform
Availability & Support
- August 13, 2014 -
See also: SAP notes 147519 & 66971 Windows XP
Windows 2003
Server
Windows Vista (only
"Business", "Ultimate"
and "Enterprise"
edtions)
Windows 2008
Server / Windows
2008 R2 Server Windows 7
Windows 8 (only
"Pro" and
"Enterprise"
editions)
Windows 8.1 (only
"Pro" and
"Enterprise"
editions)
Windows 2012
Server
Windows 2012 R2
Server
SAP GUI Version
support timeline
SAP GUI for Windows 7.30
O X X X X
X
(as of patchl evel 1)
X
(as of patchl evel 6 hotfi x 1)
X
(as of patchl evel 2)
X
(as of patchl evel 9)
SAP GUI for Windows 7.30 is available since 26th of
J une 2012.Full support for SAP GUI for Windows 7.30
ends on J uly 15, 2015. Until 31st of October 2015
restricted support will apply (see note 147519 for more
information).
SAP GUI for Windows 7.40
O O planned planned planned planned planned planned planned
SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 is scheduled to be published
on 8th of October 2014.
Platformsupport restriction
Limitedsupport fromOperatingSystemvendor
Limited support after
April 14, 2009
=>operating system
upgrade recommended
Limited support after
J une 30, 2010
=>operating system
upgrade recommended
Limited support after
March 31, 2012
=>operating system
upgrade recommended
Limited support after
J anuary13, 2015
=>operating system
upgrade recommended
Limited support after
J anuary13, 2015
=>operating system
upgrade recommended
Limited support after
J anuary09, 2018
=>operating system
upgrade recommended
Limited support after
J anuary09, 2018
=>operating system
upgrade recommended
Limited support after
J anuary09, 2018
=>operating system
upgrade recommended
Limited support after
J anuary09, 2018
=>operating system
upgrade recommended
Platformsupport deadline
Nosupport fromOperatingSystemvendor
Support ends
April 08, 2014
Support ends
Jul y 14, 2015 Support ends April 11, 2017
Support ends January 14,
2020
Support ends January 14,
2020
Support ends January 10,
2023
Support ends January 10,
2023
Support ends January 10,
2023
Support ends January 10,
2023
Additional "post mortem" QA procedures for platform
Unti l December 31,
2014 Unti l June 30, 2016 Unti l March 31, 2018 Unti l December 31, 2020 Unti l December 31, 2020 Unti l December 31, 2023 Unti l December 31, 2023 Unti l December 31, 2023 Unti l December 31, 2023
Legend
X: GUI / Platform combination is preferred
X: GUI / Platform combination is available
o: GUI / Platform combination is NOT available
Compatibility and Upgrade
What does it mean ...
... Limited support
... Support ends
... Post mortem QA procedures
... Restricted support
A givencombinationof Windows operating systemandSAP GUI release is supportedas long as boththe operating systemAND the SAP GUI release is supported.
Clients canalso be usedto access SAP via Terminalserver or Citrix PresentationServer.
When upgrading SAP GUI, you should use the latest version available (please check for hardware requirements in SAP note 26417).
SAP may not be able to solve problems that occur exclusively on such a platform. In these cases an operating systemupgrade may be the only solution SAP can offer.
SAP does not solve / handle problems that occur exclusively on these platforms.
For an additional transition phase of up to 12 month, SAP applies QA procedures to patches on these platforms.
You can upgrade SAP GUI prior to upgrading your SAP system.
End of Support for Windows XP
On 08th of Apil 2014 Microsoft ended support for Windows XP. Therefore SAP GUI for Windows is also no longer supported on this platform. If you are facing platform specific issues please upgrade to a supported operating system. SAP GUI for Windows 7.30 will stay compatible with
Windows XP as far as possible while SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 will not be working on Windows XP at all due to technical restrictions.
SAP GUI for Windows is "downward compatible". You can use SAP GUI for Windows 7.30 or 7.40 with SAP R/3 3.1, 4.0, 4.5, 4.6 or other pre-existing SAP products starting with SAP R/3. However please be aware that while connectivityto older SAP releases is possible, official support is limited to those SAP
releases which are still within their respective maintenance period (including extended maintenance and for products newer than or equal to SAP R/3 3.1i in customer-specific maintenance).
Due to limitations (for example support restrictions by other vendors) no full support can be provided anymore. A SAP GUI upgrade may be required.
You do not neccessarilyhave to upgrade your frontend software (mind the restrictions mentioned above) when upgrading to a newSAP release (as long as you are using at least SAP GUI for Windows 6.20) though you will not benefit fromnewfeatures newer SAP GUI releases may offer. However keep in
mind the SAP GUI release and support cycle.
Windows 98
Entering Non-Supportedphase: 1/2004 (*)
End of Life:
30/2006 (on
"paid incident"
support basis)
Windows NT 4.0
Entering Non-Supportedphase: 6/2003 (*)
End of Life:
6/2004
Windows 2000
Entering Extended Supportphase: 6/2005 (*)
End of Life:
6/2010
Windows XP Professional
Entering Extended Supportphase: 4/2009 (*)
End of Life:
4/2014
Windows 2003 Server
Entering Extended Supportphase: 7/2010 (*)
End of Life:
7/2015
Windows Vista
Entering Extended Supportphase: 6/2012 (*)
End of Life:
4/2017
Windows 2008 Server
Entering Extended Supportphase: 1/2015 (*)
End of Life:
1/2020
Windows 7
Entering Extended Supportphase: 1/2015 (*)
End of Life:
1/2020
Windows 2008 R2 Server
Entering Extended Supportphase: 1/2015 (*)
End of Life:
1/2020
Windows 8 / 8.1
Entering Extended Supportphase: 1/2018 (*)
End of Life:
1/2023
Windows 2012 (R2) Server
Entering Extended Supportphase: 1/2018 (*)
End of Life:
1/2023
(*) seealso: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect
Appendix: Operating System Lifetime (defined by OS vendor)