Clients

The following table lists supported software for client computers accessing CA Clarity PPM.

	Microsoft Windows	Apple Mac OS	Desktop Linux
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP Professional: SP3 or higher Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 32-bit and 64-bit, all editions Microsoft Windows 8.1 32-bit and 64-bit	Mac OS X: Release 10.9.1 or higher patch level	Any vendor or version with support for browsers listed under the Web Browser section.
Web Browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.0 and 11.0 and higher patch level (Microsoft Windows 7 and 8.1)¹⁷⁾ Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 and higher patch level Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and higher patch level¹²⁾ Firefox 30.0 and higher release¹¹⁾ Firefox ESR 24.2.0 and higher patch level¹¹⁾ Google Chrome 35 or higher release¹¹⁾	Safari 7.0 and higher patch level Firefox 30 and higher release¹¹⁾	Firefox 30 and higher release¹¹⁾
Client Applications¹⁰⁾	Microsoft Excel 2010-2013 32-bit & 64-bit, all editions. Microsoft PowerPoint 2010-2013 32-bit & 64-bit, all editions. Microsoft Project 2010 SP2 and 2013 32-bit & 64-bit, all editions Java 7 Runtime Environment: 1.7 update 45 or higher update level¹³⁾ Adobe Flash Player 11.9 or higher¹⁴⁾ Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or higher¹⁵⁾ CA Open Workbench 2.1.2 Crystal Reports 2008 Designer Client SP5¹⁶⁾	Microsoft Office Excel 2011 Adobe Flash Player 11 or higher¹⁴⁾ Mac OS Preview PDF viewer¹⁵⁾ No Microsoft Project support No CA Open Workbench support No Crystal Reports Designer support	Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or higher¹⁵⁾ Adobe Flash Player 11 or higher¹⁴⁾ No Excel Export support No Microsoft Project support No CA Open Workbench support No Crystal Reports Designer support
Third-party SOAP Integration Toolkits	Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 (.NET Framework 4.5.1) Apache AXIS 1.6	Apache AXIS 1.6	Apache AXIS 1.6

Notes:

¹⁰⁾ Using multiple versions of third-party software concurrently is not supported as it can cause out-of-sync and compatibility issues. CA Technologies supports only versions of third-party software that the vendor supports.
¹¹⁾ New Firefox and Chrome releases may be supported with minimal testing after being released.
¹²⁾ Support for IE 8.0 and its associated patches will be dropped in Release 15.1.
¹³⁾ Required for Open Workbench, CA Clarity PPM Microsoft Project interface, and XOG Client.
¹⁴⁾ For viewing Xcelsius dashboards.
¹⁵⁾ For reading CA Clarity PPM installation guides, technical manuals, user guides, and offline reports.
¹⁶⁾ Required only for custom report development.
¹⁷⁾ If you are using Internet Explorer 11 with CA Clarity PPM, the browser is automatically set to run in the Internet Explorer 10 compatibility mode for the CA Clarity PPM session. The setting is for the CA Clarity PPM session only and does not affect any other Internet Explorer 11 browser activity.