Operating systems

The following specifications list configurations tested by ETM which are officially supported. Particularly for the new Linux distributions, this is the latest status; recommended updates to new kernel versions or patches as well as service packs for Windows are recommended.

Important:
The Windows user of WinCC OA must be a member of the default group "Power Users".

In the following table the entries marked with "✓" indicate that the application may be used in a production environment.

"Client" refers to a remote computer which is designed for the system of a user interface (remote UI).

Restriction:
Please consider that only 64bit operating systems are supported!
Table 1. Supported Operating Systems
Operating system Supported edition Client Server
Windows 11 Enterprise

- Windows 11 CB Version 23H2 (Build-Version: 10.0.22631.6783)

- Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC (Build Version: 10.0.26100.8457)

 ✓ ✓
Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2022 (Build-Version: 10.0.20348.5139) ✓ ✓
Windows Server 2025 Windows Server 2025 24H2 Standard Edition (Build-Version: 10.0.26100.32860) ✓ ✓
Linux RedHat Enterprise Linux 10 (Build-Version: 10.1) ✓ ✓
Oracle® Linux

Oracle® Linux 10 (Build-Version: 10.1)

 ✓ ✓
Debian

Debian 12 Bookworm (Build-Version: 12.13). Native and Docker / Debian 12 ARM-x64. Native

 ✓ ✓
Android (Mobile UI) 9 or higher ✓ ✗
iOS (Mobile UI) 15.0 or higher ✓ ✗
Docker

Docker-Version 27.2.1

Further information about WinCC OA and Docker can be found within the chapter Docker Support

 ✗ ✓
VMWare VMware ESXi / VMware vSphere High Availability - 8.0.3e / 9.1 ✓ ✓
Proxmox Proxmox VE - 9.2.2 ✓ ✓
Nutanix AHV Nutanix AHV - AOS 7.5 / AHV 11.0.0.2 ✓ ✓
Microsoft Hyper-V Windows 11 Enterprise, Windows Server 2022/2025 ✓ ✓
Azure1 - ✓ ✓
AWS1 - ✓ ✓

1... Hard & software requirements must be met.

Note:
Please note that all Windows OS types are Enterprise versions.