2.3 What’s New (January 2013 Patches)

Novell Client Support for Windows 8 and Server 2012

The January 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES 2 SP3 announces the availability of Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows with support for:

Novell Client 2 documentation links in this guide have been updated to reflect the release of SP3.

Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows documentation is available on the Web. Documentation for earlier versions is available under Previous Releases.

OES Client Services Support for Windows 8 and IE 10

In the January 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES 2 SP3, OES client services added support for user access from Windows 8 clients (excluding Windows 8 RT), with the exception of Domain Services for Windows (DSfW). DSfW was not tested with Windows 8 clients and does not support them.

Client applications are supported to run on Windows 8 clients in the desktop user interface view.

Web-based client access is supported for the Internet Explorer 10 Web browser in the desktop user interface view for Windows 7 clients and Windows 8 clients.

OES Client Services Do Not Support Windows Server 2012

In the January 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES 2 SP3, OES client services were not tested with Windows Server 2012 servers. Client access support for Windows Server 2012 is not planned for OES 2 SP3.

OES Client Services Support for Mac OS X 10.8 and Safari 6.0

In the January 2013 Scheduled Maintenance for OES 2 SP3, OES client services added support for user access from Mac OS X Mountain Lion (version 10.8) clients, with the exception of Domain Services for Windows (DSfW) and Novell iFolder:

Web-based client access is supported for the Apple Safari 6.0 Web browser on Mac OS X 10.8 clients. Safari 6.0 is not supported by DSfW and iFolder.