Support matrix
Windows Server
Welcome to the HPE Windows Server Support and Certification webpage for HPE Servers.
Click on the individual product link to obtain the HPE Server QuickSpecs.
HPE recommends that our customers update to the latest software from HPE Drivers and Software and Windows Server operating system updates from Microsoft (using Windows Update from within the Windows Server OS to be updated - or - select and download any known specific update(s) from the Microsoft Update Catalog.
Please see the Notes section for any additional information regarding specific server models if applicable.
Current Products | Archived Products
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| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | ProLiant Gen9 Intel® based servers are certified with and support the latest CPU generation such as Intel®'s "Broadwell" Xeon® E5 v4 CPU models. | |
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| WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | ProLiant Gen9 Intel® based servers are certified with and support the latest CPU generation such as Intel®'s "Broadwell" Xeon® E5 v4 CPU models. | |
| WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | ProLiant Gen9 Intel® based servers are certified with and support the latest CPU generation such as Intel®®'s "Broadwell" Xeon® E5 v4 CPU models. | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | ProLiant Gen9 Intel® based servers are certified with and support the latest CPU generation such as Intel®'s "Broadwell" Xeon® E5 v4 CPU models. | |
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| XL645d Gen10 Plus | WS2019 WS2022 | |
| XL675d Gen10 Plus | WS2019 WS2022 | |
| Product | Windows Server | Installation Notes |
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| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | ProLiant Gen9 Intel® based servers are certified with and support the latest CPU generation such as Intel®'s "Broadwell" Xeon® E5 v4 CPU models. Operating System Support for the HPE ProLiant BladeSystem portfolio is frozen starting from Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) Version 2021.10.0, released in October 2021. Starting with March 2022 MSB, there will be no updated firmware nor driver releases across the ProLiant BladeSystem platform. HPE will not be testing new operating systems nor validating existing OS support with newer SPP or MSBs. No updated firmware nor driver releases later than SPP version 2021.10.0 may be applied on HPE ProLiant BladeSystem products. HPE will make best efforts to resolve issues and defects as follows:
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| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | Operating System Support for the HPE ProLiant BladeSystem portfolio is frozen starting from Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) Version 2021.10.0, released in October 2021. Starting with March 2022 MSB, there will be no updated firmware nor driver releases across the ProLiant BladeSystem platform. HPE will not be testing new operating systems nor validating existing OS support with newer SPP or MSBs. No updated firmware nor driver releases later than SPP version 2021.10.0 may be applied on HPE ProLiant BladeSystem products. HPE will make best efforts to resolve issues and defects as follows:
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| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | | |
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| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | Operating System Support for the HPE ProLiant BladeSystem portfolio is frozen starting from Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) Version 2021.10.0, released in October 2021. Starting with March 2022 MSB, there will be no updated firmware nor driver releases across the ProLiant BladeSystem platform. HPE will not be testing new operating systems nor validating existing OS support with newer SPP or MSBs. No updated firmware nor driver releases later than SPP version 2021.10.0 may be applied on HPE ProLiant BladeSystem products. HPE will make best efforts to resolve issues and defects as follows:
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| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | ProLiant Gen9 Intel® based servers are certified with and support the latest CPU generation such as Intel® "Broadwell" Xeon® E5 v4 CPU models. |
| Product | Windows Server | Installation Notes |
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| WS2019 WS2022 | | |
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| WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | Note: Intel® Xeon® CPU Max Series processors are not supported by Microsoft for Windows Server. | |
| WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 WS2025 | Note: Intel® Xeon® CPU Max Series processors are not supported by Microsoft for Windows Server. | |
| WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | Note: Intel® Xeon® CPU Max Series processors are not supported by Microsoft for Windows Server. | |
| WS2022 WS2025 | Note: Intel® Xeon® CPU Max Series processors are not supported by Microsoft for Windows Server. | |
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| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | ProLiant Gen9 Intel® based servers are certified with and support the latest CPU generation such as Intel®'s "Broadwell" Xeon® E5 v4 CPU models. | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | | |
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| WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | ProLiant Gen9 Intel® based servers are certified with and support the latest CPU generation such as Intel® "Broadwell" Xeon® E5 v4 CPU models. | |
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| WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | | |
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| WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | ProLiant Gen9 Intel® based servers are certified with and support the latest CPU generation such as Intel®'s "Broadwell" Xeon® E5 v4 CPU models. | |
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| Product | Windows Server | Installation Notes |
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| WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | Server Blade is included in an HPE Edgeline EL8000 Converged Edge System. Options used with the Edgeline Converged Edge Systems may support only a subset of the Edgeline Converged Edge Systems with supported operating systems. Please check the option information for the OS support. | |
| WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | Server Blade is included in an HPE Edgeline EL8000 Converged Edge System. Options used with the Edgeline Converged Edge Systems may support only a subset of the Edgeline Converged Edge Systems with supported operating systems. Please check the option information for the OS support. | |
| WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | Server Blade is included in an HPE Edgeline EL8000 Converged Edge System. Options used with the Edgeline Converged Edge Systems may support only a subset of the Edgeline Converged Edge Systems with supported operating systems. Please check the option information for the OS support. | |
| WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | Server Blade is included in an HPE Edgeline EL8000 Converged Edge System. Options used with the Edgeline Converged Edge Systems may support only a subset of the Edgeline Converged Edge Systems with supported operating systems. Please check the option information for the OS support. | |
| WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | Server Blade is included in an HPE Edgeline EL8000 Converged Edge System. Options used with the Edgeline Converged Edge Systems may support only a subset of the Edgeline Converged Edge Systems with supported operating systems. Please check the option information for the OS support. | |
| WS2022 WS2025 | Server Blade is included in an HPE Edgeline EL8000 Converged Edge System. Options used with the Edgeline Converged Edge Systems may support only a subset of the Edgeline Converged Edge Systems with supported operating systems. Please check the option information for the OS support. | |
| WS2016 | HPE Edgeline EL300 converged system support is applicable for EL300 systems with i-5 processor only | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Edgeline EL4000 or EL1000 Converged IoT System. Not all options used with the Edgeline Converged IoT Systems are supported on all operating systems. Please check the option information for the OS support. | |
| WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Edgeline EL4000 or EL1000 Converged IoT System. Not all options used with the Edgeline Converged IoT Systems are supported on all operating systems. Please check the option information for the OS support. Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is only tested by HPE and not partner certified. | |
| WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Edgeline EL4000 or EL1000 Converged IoT System. Not all options used with the Edgeline Converged IoT Systems are supported on all operating systems. Please check the option information for the OS support. Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is only tested by HPE and not partner certified. | |
| WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Edgeline EL4000 or EL1000 Converged IoT System. Not all options used with the Edgeline Converged IoT Systems are supported on all operating systems. Please check the option information for the OS support. |
| Product | Windows Server | Installation Notes |
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| WS2012 WS2012 R2 | Wireless connectivity options used with the IoT Gateway GL10/GL20 products may support only a subset of the IoT Gateway supported operating systems. Most options only support client based OS'es. The respective client version drivers are tested on the respective server version to determine compatibility. | |
| WS2012 R2 | Wireless connectivity options used with the IoT Gateway GL10/GL20 products may support only a subset of the IoT Gateway supported operating systems. Most options only support client based OS'es. The respective client version drivers are tested on the respective server version to determine compatibility. |
| Product | Windows Server | Installation Notes |
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| WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | Integrity Superdome X BL920s Gen9 servers are certified with support for the latest generation of Intel® Xeon® E7-8890 v4 CPU models. Windows Server 2019 is only supported on HPE Superdome X platforms featuring Intel Xeon E7 v4 processors | |
| WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | Refer to "Installing and Running Microsoft Windows Server on HPE Superdome Flex Servers" at https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00074577enw?jumpid=in_lit-psnow-red | |
| WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | Refer to "Deploying Microsoft Windows Server on HPE Superdome Flex 280 servers" at https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a50003037enw | |
| WS2022 WS2025 | Refer to "HPE Compute Scale-up Server 3200 Windows Server Installation Guide" at http://www.hpe.com/support/computescaleup3200-Windows-Server-Installation |
| Product | Windows Server | Installation Notes |
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| WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | | |
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| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | | |
| WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | | |
| WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | ProLiant Gen9 Intel® based servers are certified with and support the latest CPU generation such as Intel®'s "Broadwell" Xeon® E5 v4 CPU models. | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | ProLiant Gen9 Intel® based servers are certified with and support the latest CPU generation such as Intel®'s "Broadwell" Xeon® E5 v4 CPU models. | |
| WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | | |
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| WS2022 WS2025 | |
| Product | Windows Server | Installation Notes |
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| WS2012 WS2012 R2 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis | |
| WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis | |
| WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is only tested by HPE and not partner certified. | |
| WS2016 WS2019 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Moonshot 1500 Chassis Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is only tested by HPE and not partner certified. | |
| WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | Cartridge is included in an HPE Moonshot 1500 v2 Chassis |
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| Product | Windows Server | Installation Notes |
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| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 | For Windows Server support with Synergy Servers, refer to https://support.hpe.com/docs/display/public/synergy-sw-release/index.html | |
| WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | For Windows Server support with Synergy Servers, refer to https://support.hpe.com/docs/display/public/synergy-sw-release/index.html | |
| WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | For Windows Server support with Synergy Servers, refer to https://support.hpe.com/docs/display/public/synergy-sw-release/index.html | |
| WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | For Windows Server support with Synergy Servers, refer to https://support.hpe.com/docs/display/public/synergy-sw-release/index.html | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | For Windows Server support with Synergy Servers, refer to https://support.hpe.com/docs/display/public/synergy-sw-release/index.html | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | For Windows Server support with Synergy Servers, refer to https://support.hpe.com/docs/display/public/synergy-sw-release/index.html | |
| WS2012 R2 WS2016 WS2019 WS2022 WS2025 | For Windows Server support with Synergy Servers, refer to https://support.hpe.com/docs/display/public/synergy-sw-release/index.html | |
| WS2012 WS2012 R2 WS2016 | For Windows Server support with Synergy Servers, refer to https://support.hpe.com/docs/display/public/synergy-sw-release/index.html |
a50010742enw, June 2024