The operating systems listed below are supported with this Natural version.

Natural Development Environment

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional as of Service Pack 2

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition as of Service Pack 1

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition as of Service Pack 1

• Microsoft Windows Vista ⁽¹⁾

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 ⁽²⁾

• Microsoft Windows 7 ⁽³⁾

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 ⁽³⁾

• Microsoft Windows 8 ⁽⁴⁾

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 ⁽⁴⁾

Home Editions of Microsoft Windows are not supported.

Notes:

⁽¹⁾ Windows Vista is supported as of Version 6.3.3. See also Supported Operating Systems in the Release Information for Natural Version 6.3.3.

⁽²⁾ Windows Server 2008 is supported as of Version 6.3.7. See also Supported Operating Systems in the Release Information for Natural Version 6.3.7.

⁽³⁾ Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are supported as of Version 6.3.8. See also Supported Operating Systems in the Release Information for Natural Version 6.3.8.

⁽⁴⁾ Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 are supported as of Version 6.3.14. See also Supported Operating Systems in the Release Information for Natural Version 6.3.14.

Natural Runtime Environment

The same operating systems as listed above.

See also: Installation Prerequisites in the Installation documentation.

Natural is a 32-bit application. Starting with Microsoft Windows Vista, Natural can also be installed on 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems. The 64-bit version of Windows XP is not supported by Natural.

Note:
When installing Natural or Natural Runtime on a file server, specific parts of Natural have to be installed on local client PCs which are connected to the file server. This client environment cannot be installed on a Windows server upon which Terminal Services have been activated. See also: Installing Natural or Natural Runtime on a File Server in the Installation documentation.