Product Documentation
| Application | Version | General Availability | End of Standard Lifecycle | End of Limited Lifecycle | Lifecycle as of Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FlexNet Publisher | 2025 R2 (11.19.9) | 2025-10-10 | 2028-10-10 | 2031-10-10 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2025 R1 (11.19.8) | 2025-03-20 | 2028-03-20 | 2031-03-20 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2024 R2 SP1 (11.19.7.1) | 2025-01-30 | 2028-01-30 | 2031-01-30 | FlexNet Publisher | 2024 R2 (11.19.7) | 2024-12-20 | 2027-12-20 | 2030-12-20 | FlexNet Publisher | 2024 R1 (11.19.6) | 2024-03-22 | 2027-03-22 | 2030-03-22 |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2023 R3 (11.19.5) | 2023-12-29 | 2026-12-29 | 2029-12-29 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2023 R2 SP1 (11.19.4.1) | 2023-07-12 | 2026-07-12 | 2029-07-12 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2023 R2 (11.19.4) | 2023-05-19 | 2026-05-19 | 2029-05-19 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2023 R1 (11.19.3) | 2023-02-17 | 2026-02-17 | 2029-02-17 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2022 R3 (11.19.2) | 2022-10-14 | 2025-10-14 | 2028-10-14 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2022 R2 (11.19.1) | 2022-06-06 | 2025-06-06 | 2028-06-06 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2022 R1 (11.19.0) | 2022-03-04 | 2025-03-04 | 2028-03-04 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2021 R4 SP1 (11.18.3.1) | 2021-12-21 | 2024-12-21 | 2027-12-21 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2021 R4 (11.18.3) | 2021-11-26 | 2024-11-26 | 2027-11-26 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2021 R3 (11.18.2) | 2021-08-09 | 2024-08-09 | 2027-08-09 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2021 R2 (11.18.1) | 2021-05-14 | 2024-05-14 | 2027-05-14 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2021 R1 (11.18.0) | 2021-02-04 | 2024-02-04 | 2027-02-04 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2020 R4 (11.17.2) | 2020-11-05 | 2023-11-05 | 2026-11-05 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2020 R3 (11.17.1) | 2020-08-05 | 2023-08-05 | 2026-08-05 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2020 R2 (11.17.0) | 2020-04-24 | 2023-04-24 | 2026-04-24 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2020 R1 (11.16.6) | 2020-01-24 | 2023-01-24 | 2026-01-24 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2019 R3 (11.16.5) | 2019-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2019 R2 (11.16.4) | 2019-07-18 | 2022-07-18 | 2025-07-18 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2019 R1 (11.16.3) | 2019-04-10 | 2022-04-10 | 2025-04-10 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2018 R4 (11.16.2) | 2018-12-20 | 2021-12-20 | 2024-12-20 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2018 R3 (11.16.1) | 2018-10-08 | 2021-10-31 | 2024-10-30 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2018 R2 (11.16.0) | 2018-06-28 | 2021-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2018 R1 (11.15.1) | 2018-03-28 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2017 R1 (11.15.0) | 2017-11-07 | 2020-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2016 R2 (11.14.1) | 2016-12-16 | 2019-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2016 R1 (11.14.0) | 2016-05-24 | 2019-05-30 | 2022-05-30 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2015 (11.13.1) | 2015-06-30 | 2018-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2014 R2 (11.13.0) | 2014-11-25 | 2017-11-30 | 2020-11-30 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2014 (11.12.1) | 2014-03-30 | 2017-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 2013 R2 (11.12.0) | 2013-09-13 | 2016-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 11.11.1 | 2013-02-14 | 2018-02-28 | 2019-02-28 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 11.11.0 | 2012-08-31 | 2017-09-03 | 2018-09-03 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 11.10.1 | 2012-02-29 | 2017-03-01 | 2018-03-01 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 11.10.0 | 2011-07-29 | 2016-07-31 | 2017-07-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 11.9.1 | 2010-12-12 | 2015-12-31 | 2016-12-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 11.9 | 2010-07-19 | 2015-07-31 | 2016-07-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 10.8.10 / 11.8 | 2010-01-25 | 2015-01-31 | 2016-01-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 10.8.9 / 11.7 | 2009-07-30 | 2014-07-31 | 2015-07-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 10.8.8 / 11.6.1 | 2008-12-12 | 2013-12-31 | 2014-12-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 10.8.7 / 11.6 | 2008-05-22 | 2013-05-31 | 2014-05-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 11.5 | 2007-12-14 | 2012-12-31 | 2013-12-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 10.8.6 | 2007-10-26 | 2012-10-31 | 2013-10-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 11.4.1 | 2007-05-20 | 2012-05-31 | 2013-05-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 11.4 | 2006-12-18 | 2011-12-31 | 2012-12-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 10.8.5 | 2006-12-11 | 2011-12-31 | 2012-12-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 11.3 | 2006-07-26 | 2011-07-31 | 2012-07-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 10.8.0.7 | 2006-04-01 | 2011-03-31 | 2012-03-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 10.8.0.1 | 2005-07-26 | 2010-07-31 | 2011-07-31 | |
| FlexNet Publisher | 10.1.3 | 2005-01-01 | 2009-12-31 | 2010-12-31 |
The date format used is YYYY-MM-DD
NOTE: Versions not listed should be assumed as past extended lifecycle.
NOTE: For a complete description of the Flexera lifecycle and end-of-life policy, see Lifecycle and End-of-Life Policy.
| Feature Component | End of Support |
|---|---|
| Trusted Storage on AIX | 2019-03-31 |
| All IPv4 (single stack) platforms | 2014-11-10 |
| Flex ID 7 | 2012-08-30 |
| Flex ID 8 | 2012-08-30 |
| HP (PA-RISC 32-bit) | 2015-10-08 |
| HP (PA-RISC 64-bit) | 2015-10-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Itanium (64-bit) | 2014-11-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux on PowerPC (32-bit) | 2014-11-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux on PowerPC (64-bit) | 2014-11-10 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on PowerPC (32-bit) | 2014-11-10 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on PowerPC (64-bit) | 2014-11-10 |
| Windows on Itanium (64-bit) | 2014-11-10 |
| Three-server redundancy with trusted storage–based licensing | 2013-11-10 |
| Platform | Version | End of Support |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | OS X v10.4 | 2009-10-31 |
| Apple | OS X v10.5 (PPC) | 2011-06-30 |
| Apple | OS X v10.5 (x86) | 2012-04-30 |
| Apple | OS X v10.6 | 2014-02-28 |
| Apple | OS X v10.7 | 2015-01-31 |
| Apple | OS X v10.8 | 2016-01-31 |
| Apple | OS X v10.9 | 2017-05-31 |
| Apple | OS X v10.10 | 2018-05-31 |
| Apple | OS X v10.11 | 2019-02-28 |
| Apple | OS X v10.12 | 2019-06-30 |
| Apple | OS X v10.13 | 2020-09-30 |
| Apple | OS X v10.14 | 2021-09-30 |
| Apple | OS X v10.15 | 2022-09-30 |
| Apple | macOS v11 | 2023-11-30 |
| Apple | macOS v12 | 2024-11-30 |
| Apple | macOS v13 | 2025-02-28 |
| Apple | macOS v14 | TBD |
| Apple | macOS v15 | TBD |
| Apple | macOS v26 | TBD |
| FreeBSD | 11.4 | TBC |
| HP | HP-UX 11i v1 | 2010-05-31 |
| HP | HP-UX 11i v2 | 2011-05-31 |
| HP | HP-UX 11i v3 | 2025-12-31 |
| Hypervisor | Nutanix AHV 2.1 | TBD |
| Hypervisor | EverRun 7.x | TBD |
| Hypervisor | Hyper-V | TBD |
| Hypervisor | VMware Workstation 16 | TBD |
| Hypervisor | VMware Workstation 17.X | TBD |
| Hypervisor | VMware Workstation 25 H2 | TBD |
| Hypervisor | Parallels 19 | TBD |
| Hypervisor | Virtual Box 7.1 | TBD |
| Hypervisor | QEMU | TBD |
| Hypervisor | Xen Hypervisor | TBD |
| IBM | AIX 5L 5.2 | 2009-01-31 |
| IBM | AIX 5L 5.3 ML07 | 2012-10-31 |
| IBM | AIX 6.1 | 2017-04-30 |
| IBM | AIX 7.1 | 2023-04-30 |
| Microsoft | Windows XP | 2009-10-31 |
| Microsoft | Windows 2000 | 2005-12-31 |
| Microsoft | Windows Vista | 2012-10-31 |
| Microsoft | Windows 7 | 2023-01-31 |
| Microsoft | Windows 8 | 2018-07-31 |
| Microsoft | Windows 8.1 | 2021-06-20 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10, released in July 2015 | 2025-10-14 |
| Microsoft | Windows 11 | 2026-11-10 |
| Microsoft | Server 2003 SP2 | 2011-01-31 |
| Microsoft | Server 2008 | 2015-07-31 |
| Microsoft | Server 2008 R2 | 2015-07-31 |
| Microsoft | Server 2012 | 2018-12-20 |
| Microsoft | Server 2012 R2 | 2019-03-31 |
| Microsoft | Server 2016 | 2027-01-11 |
| Microsoft | Server 2019 | 2029-09-30 |
| Microsoft | Server 2022 | 2031-10-14 |
| Microsoft | Server 2025 | 2034-10-30 |
| SUSE | SLES 9 | 2012-01-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 10 | 2014-01-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 11 SP3 | 2019-01-30 |
| SUSE | SLES 11 SP4 | 2022-03-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 12 | 2019-07-01 |
| SUSE | SLES 12 SP1 | 2020-05-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 12 SP2 | 2021-03-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 12 SP3 | 2022-06-30 |
| SUSE | SLES 12 SP4 | 2023-06-30 |
| SUSE | SLES 12 SP5 | 2027-10-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 15 | 2022-12-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 15 SP1 | 2024-01-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 15 SP2 | 2024-12-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 15 SP3 | 2025-12-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 15 SP4 | 2026-12-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 15 SP5 | 2027-12-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 15 SP6 | 2028-12-31 |
| SUSE | SLES 15 SP7 | 2034-07-31 |
| Oracle | Solaris 9 | 2012-03-31 |
| Oracle | Solaris 10 | 2023-06-30 |
| Oracle | Solaris 11 | 2034-11-01 |
| Oracle | Java SE 5 | 2010-03-31 |
| Oracle | Java SE 6 | 2012-12-31 |
| Oracle | Java SE 7 | 2014-12-31 |
| Oracle | Java SE 8 | 2022-03-31 |
| Oracle | Java SE 11 | 2026-09-30 |
| Oracle | Java SE 17 | 2026-09-30 |
| Oracle | Java SE 21 | 2031-09-30 |
| Oracle | Java SE 25 | 2033-09-30 |
| Red Hat | RHEL 4 | 2011-06-30 |
| Red Hat | RHEL 5 | 2014-07-31 |
| Red Hat | RHEL 6 | 2020-11-30 |
| Red Hat | RHEL 7 | 2024-06-30 |
| Red Hat | RHEL 8 | 2029-05-31 |
| Red Hat | RHEL 9 | 2032-05-31 |
| Red Hat | RHEL 10 | TBD |
| SGI | IRIX 6.5.30 | 2013-12-31 |
| Ubuntu Server | 18.04 LTS | 2023-04-30 |
| Ubuntu Server | 20.04 LTS | 2025-04-30 |
| Ubuntu Server | 22.04 LTS | 2027-04-30 |
| Ubuntu Server | 24.04 LTS | 2029-04-30 |
| VMware | ESX 4 | 2014-11-30 |
| VMware | ESXi 4 | 2014-11-30 |
| VMware | ESXi 5.x | 2017-02-28 |
| VMware | ESXi 6.x | 2022-09-30 |
| VMware | ESXi 7.x | 2025-10-31 |
| VMware | ESXi 8.x | 2027-10-11 |
| VMware | ESXi 9.x | TBD |