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Refer to What's New, available from the Help menu, for descriptions of new functionality.
For the list of fixed SPRs, click here.
For current information about SOLIDWORKS PDM active products and End of Life products, see System Requirements. For Microsoft Operating System Lifecycle information, see Microsoft’s Windows lifecycle fact sheet.
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2023 SP5 is the last release to support Windows Server 2016.
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2024 products will not install on Windows Server 2016.
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2023 SP5 is the last release to support Microsoft® Word 2016, Excel 2016, and PowerPoint 2016.
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2023 SP5 is the last release to support Microsoft® Word 2019, Excel 2019, and PowerPoint 2019.
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2023 SP5 is the last release to support SQL Server 2016.
SOLIDWORKS 2024 SP5 is the last release to support SQL Server 2017.
Beginning with SOLIDWORKS 2021, customers who have requested DVD upgrade shipments will receive three DVDs.
You can have only one SOLIDWORKS Manage client installation on a machine. Installing a SOLIDWORKS Manage 2024 client will remove earlier versions.
The installation package of SOLIDWORKS PDM 2019 and later do not include the installation of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). To download SSMS, see Download SQL Server Management Studio.
To modify an installation of SOLIDWORKS PDM Server and its components, use Programs and Features from the Windows Control Panel. You cannot modify the installation with SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager (SLDIM), even if that is what you used to install SOLIDWORKS PDM Server.
Starting with SOLIDWORKS 2022, you must reactivate SolidNetWork License products once a year even if the licensed products are from an earlier release.
Microsoft SQL Server 2022 is supported beginning with SOLIDWORKS PDM 2023 SP02.
Microsoft SQL Server® 2019 is supported beginning with SOLIDWORKS 2020 and SOLIDWORKS PDM 2020.
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2021 and later require Cumulative Update 4 or higher when using SQL Server 2019.
Starting with SOLIDWORKS PDM 2017, the service pack for SOLIDWORKS PDM client can be different from the service pack for SOLIDWORKS PDM server as long as they are the same major version.
SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional 2024 supports SOLIDWORKS 2024, 2023, and 2022. SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard 2024 supports SOLIDWORKS 2024 only. The combination of a newer version of SOLIDWORKS and an older version of SOLIDWORKS PDM is not supported.
Starting with SOLIDWORKS PDM 2024, the major version of SOLIDWORKS PDM and DraftSight® should be the same.