Technical Info (OAS 5.1)
The Office Automation Suite is a proper add-in for Microsoft Office. It comes as an MSI and is easily installed on a client computer. Communication with the IFS Application server is done through HTTP via the IFS Access Provider. A wide range of versions and variants of Office and Windows are supported.
Compatibility matrix and OAS versions
Office Automation Suite is compatible with/requires the following operating systems, frameworks and applications listed in the table below.
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| Supports / Requires | Version: | 5.0 | 5.1 | |
| Windows Server 20121 | 64 bit | ✖ | ✖ | |
| Windows Server 2016 | 64 bit | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Windows Server 2019 | 64 bit | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Windows 73 | 64 bit | ✖ | ✖ | |
| Windows 83 | 64 bit | ✖ | ✖ | |
| Windows 10 | 64 bit | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Office 20103 | 32/64 bit | ✖ | ✖ | |
| Office 20133 | 32/64 bit | ✖ | ✖ | |
| Office 2016 | 32/64 bit | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Office 2019 | 32/64 bit | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Office 365 Web | Only Windows installations | ✖ | ✖ | |
| Citrix | XenApp 6 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| IFS Applications™ 7.x 2 | ✖ | ✖ | ||
| IFS Applications™ 8 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| IFS Applications™ 9 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| IFS Applications™ 10 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| IFS Applications™ 10 | Aurena web client 4 | ✖ | ✔ |
Notes:
- 1 Windows Server 2012 32/64 bit may work, but is not supported
- 2 IFS Applications™ 7.5 is not supported, but may work
- 3 Not supported, but may work
- 4 It’s possible to use OAS.exe from Aurena, and links in OAS will open in Aurena
Note that OAS 5.1 replaces previous versions. We have added new features, bugfixes and extra support for Office 2016, Office 365 editions (Semi-annual channel), Windows 10 updates, OneDrive and FTP file systems (EDM).