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'''Open Enterprise Server'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Emerson Process Management |date=October 31, 2023 |title=OpenEnterpriseTM SCADA Suite |url=https://www.emerson.com/documents/automation/brochure-openenterprise-scada-suite-version-2-83-en-132608.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031172853/https://www.emerson.com/documents/automation/brochure-openenterprise-scada-suite-version-2-83-en-132608.pdf |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=Emerson |format=PDF}}</ref> ('''OES''') is a [[Server (computing)|server]] [[operating system]] published by [[OpenText]]. It was first published by [[Novell]] in March 2005 to succeed their [[NetWare]] product.<ref name="Morgan">{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/13/novell_open_enterprise_server_11/ |last=Prickett Morgan |first=Timothy |date=13 December 2011 |title=NetWare-Linux Love Child Turned Up to 11 |website=[[The Register]] |access-date=2017-02-07}}</ref>.

Unlike NetWare, Novell OES is a [[Linux distribution]]—specifically, one based on [[SUSE Linux Enterprise Server]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Rouse |first=Margaret |date=December 21, 2011 |title=Open Enterprise Server |url=https://www.techopedia.com/definition/26069/open-enterprise-server-oes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810085220/https://www.techopedia.com/definition/26069/open-enterprise-server-oes |archive-date=August 10, 2023 |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=Techopedia}}</ref>The first major release of Open Enterprise Server (OES 1) could run either with a [[Linux kernel]] (with a [[NetWare]] [[compatibility layer]]) or Novell's [[NetWare]] [[Kernel (operating system)|kernel]] (with a [[Linux]] compatibility layer).<ref name="Morgan" /> Novell discontinued the NetWare kernel prior to the release of OES 2, but NetWare 6.5 SP7, and later SP8 can run as a [[Paravirtualization|paravirtualized]] [[Hardware virtualization#Paravirtualization|guest]] inside the [[Xen]] [[hypervisor]] (Officially supported until 7 March 2012, Novell self-supported until 7 March 2015).

=={{anchor|1.01|2.03}}OES 1 and OES 2 ==

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== OES 2015==

* OES 2015 was released on 31 August 2015, added new features and improved performance.<ref name=v2015>{{cite web |url=https://www.novell.com/products/openenterpriseserver/ |title=Manage File & Print Networks - Open Enterprise Server |newspaper=Novell Web site |access-date= 20 November 2015}}</ref>

* OES 2015 SP1 was released on 14 June 2016 and was the first to be rebranded [[Micro Focus]] <ref name=v2015.1>{{cite web |url=https://www.novell.com/documentation/oes2015/pdfdoc/oes_readme/oes_readme.pdf|title=OES 2015 Readme |access-date= 16 December 2023}}</ref> after Micro Focus purchased [[The Attachmate Group]] which included Novell.

* OES 2015 SP1 was released on 14 June 2016.<ref name=v2015/>

== OES 2018 & 2023 ==

*Micro OES 2018 wasFocus released onOES 282018 in November 2017, with three service releases (the last being OES 2018 SP3 in July 2021). All releases were all based on SLES 12 SP2and its service packs.

* OES 2018 SP1 was released on 7 February 2019, based on SLES 12 SP3.

While SUSE was sold by Micro Focus in 2018<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Burton |first=Graham |date=2 July 2018 |title=Micro Focus to sell SUSE Linux to private equity firm for US$2.5bn |url=https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/3035155/micro-focus-to-sell-suse-linux-to-private-equity-firm-for-usd25bn |magazine=[[Computing (magazine)|Computing]] |access-date=29 August 2018}}</ref>, SLES support and updates are included with an OES installation, provided at least one OES component is installed.

* OES 2018 SP2 was released on 5 May 2020, based on SLES 12 SP5.

* OES 2018 SP3 was released on 15 Jul 2021, based on SLES 12 SP5.

OES 2023 was released in October 2022, using a base of SLES 15 SP4. It includes a new Unified Management Console (UMC) to supersede iManager for server management, TLS 1.3 support and was bundled with NetIQ eDirectory 9.2.7.<ref name=v2023>{cite web |url=https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/open-enterprise-server/2023/unified_management_console/overview.html|title=What's New or Changed in OES 2023 |access-date= 16 December 2023}}</ref>.

Breaking with previous convention, OES 23.4 (rather than SP1) was released in October 2023, and was rebranded to [[OpenText]]<ref name=v23.4>{cite web |url=https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/open-enterprise-server/23.4/oes_readme/t4f3jxli8w2p.html#t4me07gaejta|title=What's New or Changed in OES 23.4 |access-date= 16 December 2023}}</ref>, after their purchase of Micro Focus earlier in the year. General support was extended to 3 years from the usual 2 years of previous releases.<ref name=sles_entitlement>{cite web |url=https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023123|title=SLES support entitlement with OWS products |access-date= 16 December 2023}}</ref>

== Release summary ==

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** OES 2018 SP3 was released on 15 Jul 2021, based on SLES 12 SP5.

* OES 2023 was released on 13 October 2022, based on SLES 15 SP4.

** OES 2018 SP123.4 was released on 726 FebruaryOctober 20192023, based on SLES 1215 SP3SP4.

== End-of-support schedule ==

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! scope="row" {{Version |co |2018 SP3}}

| 15 Jul 2021

| 31 OctJan 20232024

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! scope="row" {{Version |cco |2023}}

| 13 Oct 2022

| 31 Oct 2024

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! scope="row" {{Version |c |23.3}}

| 26 Oct 2023

| 30 Nov 2026

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| colspan="3" | {{Version |l |show=011100}}