Supported platforms for Security for Microsoft SharePoint
Technical Articles ID:
KB68141
Last Modified: 5/24/2022
Environment
Security for Microsoft SharePoint (SMS) 3.x
Summary
As manufacturers release new operating systems, platforms, and service packs, the original Product Guides might not reflect the current support policy for those platforms.
Most of the following information is available in the product installation guides and readme.txt files. Some of the information is available only in product management statements published in the Knowledge Base.
General Availability (GA)
Released to Support (RTS)
End of Life (EOL)
The following tables detail the support for SMS on Windows Server operating systems and other relevant environments. Only the most current versions are included because most customers upgrade to the latest Service Packs shortly after they're released.
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Microsoft Operating System1
Microsoft
Service
Pack
SMS
3.5.1
SMS
3.5.0
SMS
3.0
(EOL)
Windows Server 2022
(Standard, Datacenter, Datacenter Azure)
-
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Server 2019 Version 2004
Windows Server 2019 Version 1909
Windows Server 2019 Version 1903 Datacenter and Standard
-
Yes3
No
No
Windows Server 2019 Version 1809 Datacenter and Standard
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Server 2016
Yes
Yes
No
Windows Server 2012 R2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Server 2012
n/s
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2008
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2008 R2 Standard, Datacenter, and Enterprise
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Web Server 2008 R2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 2003 Standard Edition2
SP1 and later
No
No
Yes
Windows 2003 Web, Enterprise, and Datacenter 2
SP1 and later
No
No
Yes
1
All operating systems listed for SMS 3.0 and 3.5 are supported on x64 versions only.
2
The SMS 3.0 Product Guide doesn't list Windows 2003 x64 SP1 and above as supported operating systems. These operating systems are fully supported when running with a supported version of Microsoft SharePoint. See the "SharePoint Versions" table below.
3
Only if desktop experience is present.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server1
Microsoft
Service Pack
SMS
3.5.1
SMS
3.5.0
Hotfix 1134987
SMS
3.5.0
SMS 3.0
(EOL)
SharePoint Server 2019
-
Yes
No
No
No
SharePoint Server 2016
-
Yes
Yes
No
No
SharePoint Server 2013 SP1
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SharePoint Foundation Server 2013
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SharePoint Server 2013
-
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SharePoint Server 2010
SP2 CU2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SharePoint Server 2010
SP2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SharePoint Foundation 2010
SP2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
SP2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Office SharePoint Server 2007
SP2
Yes2
Yes2
Yes2
Yes2
Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
SP3
Yes
Yes
No
No
Office SharePoint 2003
SP3
Yes
Yes
No
No
1 All SharePoint editions are supported on both x86 and x64 platforms, except for SharePoint Server 2010, which is available only in the 64-bit edition. 2 SMS 3.5 and 3.0 support only the 64-bit SharePoint Server 2007.
