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K2 blackpearl 4.6 Compatibility Matrix

Date Published:5/15/2012 9:04:21 AM
Date Modified:5/15/2012 9:04:21 AM

The K2 blackpearl 4.6 Compatibility Matrix will assist in determining the Microsoft products and technologies required/supported for each K2 release as well as upgrade compatibility of those releases.  The K2 blackpearl Compatibility Matrix empowers the organization to make an informed decision on the upgrade path required and potential pitfalls.  Detailed information on individual K2 components and Microsoft products and technologies required/supported can be obtained from the K2 blackpearl Getting Started Guide Prerequisites section.

Not listed? Not supported.

Important: This Compatibility Matrix is for the K2 blackpearl 4.6 release only. For support of previous versions of K2 and Microsoft products and technologies, see the Prior Versions K2 blackpearl Compatibility Matrix.

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Microsoft Product Support Plan
K2 will plan to support Microsoft products per the following guidelines:
  • Microsoft products that are released during an existing K2 release cycle will not be targeted for support until the following release cycle.
  • K2 will deprecate support for a Microsoft product or technology when a newer release has been available more than 12 months at the target time of the K2 release.
  • K2 releases will continue to support the Microsoft products supported at the time of the K2 release. Microsoft product support deprecation will only occur with new K2 releases.
  • To ensure stability in a release cycle, K2 will support a prior Microsoft release when the latest release has been available less than 12 months at the target time of the K2 release.
  • K2 releases may require a dependency on the latest .NET Framework or Visual Studio release. In this case, regardless of Microsoft availability timeline, K2 will only support the latest .NET Framework or Visual Studio release.

For more information about the product releases, see the K2 Release Strategy article.

Example 1: K2 blackpearl 4.6 (4.12060.1.0) and Microsoft SQL Server Support
  • K2 blackpearl 4.6 (4.12060.1.0) release date: April 2012
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 release date: August 2008
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 release date: April 2006
  • Since Microsoft SQL Server 2008 was available more than 12 months when K2 blackpearl 4.6 (4.12060.1.0) was released, 2008 will be supported and 2005 will not be supported for that K2 release. 
Example 2: K2 blackpearl 4.6 (4.12060.1.0) and Microsoft Visual Studio Support
  • K2 blackpearl 4.6 (4.12060.1.0) release date: April 2012
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 release date: April 2010
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 release date: November 2007
  • Since Microsoft Visual Studio will be available more than 12 months when K2 blackpearl 4.6 (4.12060.1.0) was released, 2010 will be supported and 2008 will not be supported for that K2 release.
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Bill of Materials1
K2 blackpearl  
4.6 (4.12060.1.0) K2 blackpearl Release Notes - Available on the K2 blackpearl downloads page
1 Bill of Materials provides a high level list of new features/functionality with each release
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Release Upgrade Compatibility
Currently Installed K2 Product Targeted K2 blackpearl Version
4.6 (4.12060.1.0) 4.5 (4.10060.1.0) 0807 (4.8210.3.0)1 0807 (4.8210.2.0)
K2 blackpearl  
4.5 (4.10060.1.x)

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0807 with latest Update (4.8210.x.690)

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0807 (4.8210.2.0)1
(KB 320,330,350,370)

 

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K2 blackpoint  
4.5 (4.10060.1.0)

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K2.net 2003  
SP4 (3.6262.1.0)

 

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None  
Clean Install

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1 K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.3.0) and K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.450) have the same runtime functionality.  Use the K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.3.0) installer unless otherwise noted. For more information, please see the Installation Options article.
2 Requires K2 blackpearl 0807 Update (4.8210.2.450) KB000450.  Use of K2 blackpearl 0807 (4.8210.3.0) installer for upgrade is not supported.
3 Requires use of the K2 blackpearl 0807 Migration Utility
4 Requires use of the K2 blackpearl 4.5 Migration Utility, which is supported for migration to K2 blackpearl 4.5 with Update 1230. 

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32-bit/64-bit Compatibility

As of K2 blackpearl 4.6, the following components and platforms are supported:

  • Server Components (64-bit support only): K2 Server, K2 Databases, K2 for SharePoint, K2 Runtime Web Services, K2 Workspace, K2 for Reporting Services
  • Client Components (32-bit and 64-bit support): K2 Studio, K2 for Visual Studio, K2 Documentation
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Microsoft Windows1
  Windows Server 2008 R2
Standard, Enterprise
Windows Server 2008
Standard, Enterprise
Windows 7 Windows Vista

SP1

RTM

SP24

RTM (w/SP1)

 SP1

RTM 

SP2

SP1 

Server Components1,2  

4.6 (4.12060.1.0)

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Client Components3  

4.6 (4.12060.1.0)

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1 The default IIS version is supported for each supported version of Windows
2 Server Components: K2 Server, K2 for SharePoint, K2 Runtime Web Services, K2 Workspace, K2 Documentation
3 Client Components: K2 Studio, K2 for Visual Studio, K2 Documentation
4 Although we also support the base OS version on the latest service pack, K2 tests on the R2 versions. We recommend that customers upgrade to the R2 versions.

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Microsoft SQL Server1, 4
  SQL Server 2012
Express, Standard, BI, Enterprise3, 5
SQL Server 2008 R2
Express, Standard, Enterprise
SQL Server 2008
Express, Standard, Enterprise

RTM 

SP1

RTM 

SP32

SP2 

 SP1

RTM

4.6 (4.12060.1.0)

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1 SQL Clustering is supported.
2 Although we also support the base SQL version with the latest service pack, K2 tests on the R2 versions. We recommend that customers upgrade to the R2 versions.
3 SQL AlwaysOn will be supported in a future release.
4 SQL Mirroring will be supported in a future release.
5 SQL Server Reporting Services will be supported in a future release.
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Microsoft Visual Studio
  Visual Studio 2010
Premium, Ultimate, Professional

SP1

RTM 

4.6 (4.12060.1.0)

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Microsoft .NET Framework
  .NET Framework 4.0 .NET Framework 3.5

RTM

SP11

RTM

4.6 (4.12060.1.0)

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1 .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 includes .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and .NET Framework 3.0 SP1
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Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies1,2
  SharePoint 20106 MOSS 2007 Enterprise3,4,5 MOSS 2007 Standard3 Forms Server 20074 WSS v3.0

Latest
CU7 

SP1

 RTM

SP2

SP1

RTM

SP2

SP1

RTM

SP2

SP1

RTM

SP2

SP1

RTM

4.6 (4.12060.1.0)

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* MOSS = Microsoft Office SharePoint Server; WSS = Windows SharePoint Services
1 All SharePoint Web Front Ends (WFEs) must have the same K2 components and all be either 32-bit or 64-bit servers
2 Forms and Claims Authentication in SharePoint Products and Technologies are not supported
3 Publishing and Records Management integration requires MOSS Standard or MOSS Enterprise
4 InfoPath Forms Services integration requires MOSS Enterprise or Office Forms Server and InfoPath 2007 designed forms
5 BDC integration requires MOSS Enterprise
6 Includes SharePoint 2010 Foundation, Standard and Enterprise
7 We test on the latest cumulative update, currently February 2012.

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM
  CRM 2011

CRM 4.0
(Workgroup, Professional, Enterprise)

RTM

RTM

4.6 (4.12060.1.0)

 

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Microsoft Exchange Server
  Exchange 2010 Exchange 2007

SP2

SP1 

RTM

 SP3

 SP2

RTM 

4.6 (4.12060.1.0)

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Microsoft Office InfoPath
  InfoPath 2010 InfoPath 20071

SP12

RTM 

 SP2

 SP1

 RTM

4.6 (4.12060.1.0)

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1 InfoPath 2007 Managed Code Form Templates supported per product documentation
2 We do not test against cumulative updates on client software such as InfoPath
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Browser
  Internet Explorer Silverlight Other web browsers

9

5

 41

 

4.6 (4.12060.1.0)

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1 Minimum required version for Silverlight is 4.0.50917.0 

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Language

At this time, K2 is only localized for International English. We support installation on any language Operating System, and data can be in any language. You can, of course, localize InfoPath forms or SharePoint lists/libraries. You can also modify the notification event template to "translate" the message into any language.

There is one K2 component, the K2 Worklist Web Part, that is open source and can be translated if required. The code is available on blackmarket on the K2 Underground. NOTE: Once modified, the Web Part becomes custom code and is no longer supported.

K2 blackpearl provides full support for all language Operating Systems, which allows K2 to run in English on non-English platforms. Full testing on non-English platforms include the following components:1

 

English (Worldwide)

Chinese (Traditional and Simplified)

German

French

Windows Server 2008 R2

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 SQL Server 2008

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 SharePoint 2010 (WSS / Foundation)

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 Visual Studio 2010

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 Internet Explorer 8 or 9

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1 For all items, see the specific compatibility matrix sections above for supported versions.

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