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Platform Compatibility Roadmap

24.02.2025

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As we develop WEBCON BPS, we strive to march in lockstep alongside other platform products, i.e. Windows Server, SQL, SharePoint, etc.

We do our best to maintain backward compatibility with older versions of these platforms to accommodate our diverse client base and their preferences. However, as the publishers end support for their aging products, so must we.

It’s not all doom and gloom, though—as we say goodbye to discontinued software, we welcome the new possibilities offered by brand-new platforms.

To ensure no one is left in the dark and to give everyone ample time to plan and jump to newer versions, we prepared this handy Roadmap for future platform compatibility. The table shows what components are currently supported for WEBCON BPS 2022, 2023, and 2024, and when we plan to end support for them. The penultimate section shows the minimum platform version required for WEBCON BPS 2025 at launch (please note that SharePoint and Windows Server will also need versions compatible with one another). The last section summarizes our plans for the future version WEBCON BPS 2026 R1.

Please note that each major release of the platform is supported for 12 months for bug/error fixes and improvements and each major release of the platform is also supported for 24 months for high and critical security fixes. For more information, click here: WEBCON BPS development support policy.

	BPS 2022	BPS 2023	BPS 2024 R1	BPS 2025 R1 BPS 2025 R2	BPS 2026 R1 (Future version)
Standard SWE and SWC Web Parts	Not available - replaced with Modern Reports (available from BPS 2019)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Classic Form Display mode	Not available - replaced with Modern Forms (available from BPS 2019)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vacation (absence) Web Part	Not available - replaced with Modern Reports (available from BPS 2019)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Substitutions Web Part	Not available - replaced with Portal functions (available from BPS 2019)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Word templates created using the Add-In in version 2017.1 and lower	Supported	Supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
Workflows Audit and Analysis available from Workflow designer in Designer Studio	Available	Available	Not available (replaced with Advanced Analytics Framework functionality)	N/A	N/A
Form subtypes	Available	Available	Not available (functionality can be replaced with a standard dropdown form field and by configuring appropriate business rules)	N/A	N/A
Public link	-	-	As announced, available only in the subscription model based on Single-Use Access License	As announced, available only in the subscription model based on Single-Use Access License	As announced, available only in the subscription model based on Single-Use Access License
Searching structures	Available	Available	Available	Available	Removed
Outlook Classic Add-In – 32-bit version	Supported	Supported	Not supported (64-bit version of MS Outlook must be used)	Not supported (64-bit version of MS Outlook must be used)	Not supported (64-bit version of MS Outlook must be used)
SOAP API	Not available - replaced with Public REST API (available from BPS 2019)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Public REST API 1.0	Removed	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Public REST API 2.0	Deprecated	Removed	N/A	N/A	N/A
Public REST API 3.0	Supported	Deprecated	Removed	N/A	N/A
Public REST API 4.0	-	Supported	Deprecated	Removed	Removed
Public REST API 5.0	-	-	Supported	Deprecated	Deprecated
Public REST API 6.0	-	-	-	Supported	Supported
Choose Path (List/SQL) Actions	Not available - replaced with the Flow Control step	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sign an attachment with Cosign Action	Defunct	Defunct	Will be removed in version 2025 R1	Removed	Removed
Substitution type MSSQL Data Source	Not available - replaced with REST API *	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SQL Server	version 2014 and newer	version 2014 and newer	version 2016 and newer (database set to compatibility level 120)	version 2016 and newer (database set to compatibility level 130 or newer supported)	version 2019 and newer (database set to compatibility level 150 or newer supported)
Solr Server	version 8.2	version 8.11	version 9.4	version 9.4	version 9.4
SharePoint Foundation	Not available - upgrade to SharePoint Server version or use BPS Standalone version (requires migration project)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SharePoint Server	version 2016, 2019 (SharePoint Classic installation is no longer supported)	version 2016, 2019 (for BPS SharePoint modern installation)	version 2016, 2019 (for BPS SharePoint modern installation)	version 2016, 2019 (for BPS SharePoint modern installation)	Not supported (all installations must be reconfigured to BPS Standalone version)
Windows Server	version 2016 or later	version 2016 or later	version 2016 or later	version 2016 or later	version 2016 or later
Browser	Chrome, Edge, Safari, Mozilla	Chrome, Edge, Safari, Mozilla	Chrome, Edge, Safari, Mozilla	Chrome, Edge, Safari, Mozilla	Chrome, Edge, Safari, Mozilla
IE Support	Not available - Microsoft replaced it with Edge and Chromium	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Exchange (HotMailBox/calendar)	version 2016, 2019 or o365	version 2016, 2019 or o365	version 2016, 2019 or o365	version 2016, 2019 or o365	version 2016, 2019 or o365
Mobile application WEBCON BPS 2022	Android 4.4 or later iOS 9.0 or later	Incompatible with WEBCON BPS 2023 R3 and higher	N/A	N/A	N/A
New mobile application WEBCON BPS	-	Android 10 or later iOS 16 or later	Android 10 or later iOS 16 or later	Android 10 or later iOS 16 or later	Android 10 or later iOS 16 or later
.NET	.NET Framework 4.7.2 or .NET 6 (since 2022 R3)	.NET 6	.NET 8.0	.NET 8.0	.NET 8.0

WEBCON BPS Components

Platforms and browsers

* - The Substitution type for MSSQL data sources was discontinued in WEBCON BPS 2022. After the upgrade, any existing sources that use this type will revert to regular MSSQL data sources, and the substitution section in Global parameters of the System settings will be toggled off by default. We will provide REST API to connect to external sources for substitution data.