Operating systems
Operating system languages
WinCC is released for the following operating system languages only:
● German
● English
● French
● Italian
● Spanish
● Chinese (Simplified, PR China)
● Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
● Japanese
● Korean
● Multilingual operating system (MUI version)
Configurations
When using more than one server, all servers must be operated with a uniform operating
system:
Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 R2 or 2016, uniformly Standard, Datacenter or Enterprise
edition in each case.
Single-user systems and clients
WinCC runs under Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
Operating system
Configuration
Comments
Windows 7
Professional Service Pack 1
Enterprise Service Pack 1
Ultimate Service Pack 1
Standard installation
32-bit and 64-bit
Windows 8.1
1)
Pro
Enterprise
Standard installation
32-bit and 64-bit
Windows 10
1)
Pro
Enterprise
Enterprise LTSB (Long-Term Servic‐
ing Branch)
Standard installation
64-bit
If you are using Simatic Net, observe the information in the
Simatic Net "readme" file.
Windows Embedded
Standard 7
including Service Pack 1
Only in combination with SIMATIC IPC 4x7D and SIMATIC
IPC 4x7E
1) Not approved for integrated operation in SIMATIC Manager. If you are using STEP 7 and SIMATIC Manager, use Windows 7
or Windows Server 2008 R2.
You can also run single-user systems and clients in WinCC multi-user systems on Windows
Server 2008 R2 SP1 / 2012 R2 / 2016.
WinCC Installation Notes
1.6 Installation Requirements
WinCC: General information and installation
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