Microsoft Vista

Caché and Ensemble on Microsoft Vista

Several months ago we announced our plans for Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system. In essence, our plan was to fully support Vista with Caché and Ensemble 2007.2 versions and to document some workarounds that would enable customers to begin working with Caché 2007.1 on Vista. What we have learned in the ensuing months has caused us to change our plan to the following:

• We will produce a Caché 2007.1.1 version that fully supports Vista for new installations for Microsoft Vista Business and Microsoft Vista Ultimate as a server platform, and all editions for Microsoft Vista as a client platform. It will not support upgrades of prior Caché versions that were installed on prior Windows versions.

• We plan to make a field test version of Caché 2007.1.1 for Vista available by Wednesday, June 13. Assuming that we get quick feedback from at least a few test sites and that no major problems are found, we will release 2007.1.1 two to three weeks later, i.e. in late June or early July. If you would like to participate in evaluating the upcoming Caché 2007.1.1 for Vista, please send contact information to Andreas Dieckow. Note that terminal server capabilities are not supported with version 2007.1.1 for Vista.

• We also plan to release an Ensemble 2007.1.x version with Vista support in the near future.

• We recognize that other issues will likely surface as Vista usage grows and we will address these in 2007.2 and future versions. We will also continue to investigate the Windows version upgrade issue.

• The following features are not supported on Vista: DDP and LAT.

• Microsoft Windows Vista is not supported with versions of Caché and Ensemble prior to 2007.1.