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* [[Windows ___domain]] services (from OES 2 SP1)
* [[Apple Filing Protocol]] (AFP) with Cross Protocoll Locking AFP-NCP-Samba (CPL) (from OES 2 SP1)
See also (based on different OES editions):
* Novell Open Workgroup Suite
* Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition
== OES 11 ==
OES 11 was released on 12 December 2011 based on SLES 11 SP1 64-bit. The NetWare Kernel was removed after OES 2. This is the first version of OES to be 64-bit (x86_64) only. NetWare 6.5 SP8 was still possible to run as a 32-bit only [[Paravirtualization|para-virtualized]] [[Hardware virtualization#Paravirtualization|guest]] inside the [[Xen]] [[hypervisor]].
* Introduces Novell Kanaka for Mac client
* Uses [[Zypper]] tool to patch up to 100 times faster than OES2
* Added Automated / Unattended Upgrades from OES2
* New Novell Linux Volume Manager ( NLVM) provides easier storage management
* Novell released [[service pack]]s:
** OES 11 SP1, on 28 August 2012.
** OES 11 SP2, on 28 January 2014.
** OES 11 SP3, on 26 July 2016.
== OES 2015==
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 ==
* OES, released on 25 March 2005, based on NetWare 6.5 SP3 and SLES 9 SP1.
** OES SP1, released in September 2005, was based on NetWare 6.5 SP4 and SLES 9 SP2.
** OES SP2, released in January 2006, was based on NetWare 6.5 SP5 and SLES 9 SP3.
* OES 2, released on 12 October 2007 based on NetWare 6.5 SP7 and SLES 10 SP1.
** OES 2 SP1, released on 1 December 2008,<ref name="lifecycle">{{cite web |url=http://support.novell.com/lifecycle |title=Novell Product Support Lifecycle}}</ref> based on NetWare 6.5 SP8 and SLES 10 SP2.
** OES 2 SP2 was released on 11 November 2009,<ref name="lifecycle" /> based on SLES 10 SP3.
** OES 2 SP3 was released on 7 November 2014,<ref name="lifecycle" /> based on SLES 10 SP3, SLES 10 SP4 (as of April 15, 2011).
* OES 11 was released on 12 December 2011, based on SLES 11 SP1 (64-bit only).
** OES 11 SP1 was released on 28 August 2012,<ref name="lifecycle" /> based on SLES 11 SP2.
** OES 11 SP2 was released on 28 January 2014,<ref name="lifecycle" /> based on SLES 11 SP3.
** OES 11 SP3 was released on 26 July 2016, based on SLES 11 SP4.
* OES 2015 was released on 31 August 2015.,<ref name=v2015/> based on SLES 11 SP3.
** OES 2015 SP1 was released on 14 June 2016, SLES 11 SP4.
* OES 2018 was released on 28 November 2017, based on SLES 12 SP2.
** OES 2018 SP1 was released on 7 February 2019, based on SLES 12 SP3.
** 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 on 13 October 2022, based on SLES 15 SP4.
** OES 23.4 was released on 26 October 2023, based on SLES 15 SP4.
== End-of-support schedule ==
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| 31 July 2009
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| 12 October 2007
| 31 July 2013
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| 12 December 2011
| 13 June 2017
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| 31 August 2015
| 31 December 2019
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| 28 November 2017
| 7 February 2020
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| 7 February 2019
| 31 May 2021
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| 5 May 2020
| 31 Oct 2022
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| 15 Jul 2021
| 31 Jan 2024
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| 13 Oct 2022
| 31 Oct 2024
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| 26 Oct 2023
| 30 Nov 2026
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== Components ==
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