Supported Operating Systems for 3CX Phone System
Submitted by Nate Bailey on August 10, 2011 – 8:34 pm6 Comments
3CX Phone System can be installed on most versions of Windows. Below is a complete list of supported and not supported operating systems. Note: Not supported does not necessarily mean that 3CX will not work however it is not tested by our testing team and we will not be able to assist with issues. Some supported Operating Systems might require the use of the inbuilt Web Server in 3CX Phone System – Abyss.
3CX Phone System Version 10
Supported
- Windows XP Professional SP3 (32-bit) (Abyss Only)
- Windows Vista Business/ Ultimate SP2 (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 7 Professional SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 2003 Standard/Enterprise/DataCentre Editions (32-bit & 64-bit) (Abyss Only)
- Windows 2003 R2 Standard/Enterprise/DataCentre Editions (32-bit & 64-bit) (Abyss Only)
- Windows 2003 Web Edition (Abyss Only)
- Windows 2003 R2 Web Edition (Abyss Only)
- Windows 2003 SBS (Abyss Only)
- Windows 2003 SBS R2 (Abyss Only)
- Windows 2008 Foundation/Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacentre (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 2008 R2 Foundation/Web/Standard/Enterprise/ Datacentre (64-bit)
- Windows 2008 Web Edition (Abyss Only)
- Windows 2008 R2 Web Edition (Abyss Only)
- Windows 2008 SBS (64-bit)
- Windows 2008 SBS R2 (64-bit)
- Windows 2011 SBS Essentials/Standard Edition (64 bit)
NOT Supported
- Windows 2000 and earlier
- Windows XP Home/Media Centre Edition
- Windows Vista Home Basic/Premium Edition
- Windows 7 Starter Edition/home/premium Edition
- Windows 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows 2008 R2 ServerCore
3CX Phone System Version 9
Supported
- Windows XP Home Editions (Abyss Only)
- Windows XP Pro (32-bit) (Abyss Only)
- Windows XP Professional (64-bit) (Abyss Only)
- Windows Vista Business (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 7 Home Basic/Premium Edition
- Windows 7 Professional (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 2003 Standard/Enterprise/DataCentre Editions (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 2003 R2 Standard/Enterprise/DataCentre Editions (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 2003 Web Edition (Abyss Only)
- Windows 2003 R2 Web Edition (Abyss Only)
- Windows 2003 SBS
- Windows 2003 SBS R2
- Windows 2008 Foundation/Standard/Enterprise/DataCentre (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 2008 R2 Foundation/Standard/Enterprise/DateCentre (64-bit)
- Windows 2008 Web Edition (Abyss Only)
- Windows 2008 R2 Web Edition (Abyss Only)
- Windows 2008 SBS (64-bit)
- Windows 2008 SBS R2 (64-bit)
NOT Supported
- Windows 2000 and earlier
- Windows XP Media Centre Edition
- Windows Vista Home Basic/Premium Edition
- Windows 7 Starter Edition
- Windows 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows 2008 R2 ServerCore/Storage
Previous Versions
3CX Phone System Version 8
Supported
- Windows XP Home Editions (Cassini Only)
- Windows XP Pro (32-bit) (Cassini Only)
- Windows XP Professional (64-bit) (Cassini Only)
- Windows Vista Business (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 7 Home Basic/Premium Edition
- Windows 7 Professional (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 2003 Standard/Enterprise/DataCentre Editions (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 2003 R2 Standard/Enterprise/DataCentre Editions (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 2003 Web Edition (Cassini Only)
- Windows 2003 R2 Web Edition (Cassini Only)
- Windows 2003 SBS
- Windows 2003 SBS R2
- Windows 2008 Foundation/Standard/Enterprise/DataCentre (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Windows 2008 R2 Foundation/Standard/Enterprise/DateCentre (64-bit)
- Windows 2008 Web Edition (Cassini Only)
- Windows 2008 R2 Web Edition (Cassini Only)
- Windows 2008 SBS (64-bit)
- Windows 2008 SBS R2 (64-bit)
3CX Phone System Version 7
Supported
- Windows XP Professional 32 bit
- Windows Vista Business 32 bit
- Windows Vista Business 64 bit
- Windows 2003 Standard 32 bit
- Windows 2003 Standard 64 bit
- Windows 2003 Enterprise 32 bit
- Windows 2003 Enterprise 64 bit
- Windows SBS 2003
- Windows 2008 Standard 32 bit
- Windows 2008 Standard 64 bit
- Windows 2008 Enterprise 32 bit
- Windows 2008 Enterprise 64 bit
- Windows SBS 2008
I am using 3CX on Windows Home Server. Not listed here.
You have listed Windows SBS as a supported platform. Since 3CX is is NOT supported on a domain controller, I assume you are referring to installing 3CX on the Premium edition’s second server, not locally on the SBS server.
3CX is supported on a domain controller – it works fine on a Small Business Server
A couple of quick questions:
1. Windows 7 Home/Premium are supported, whereas Vista home versions were not. Why is Windows 7 home now supported?
Edit – Nick G – Only Windows 7 Home is supported since its the most recent, but it works on Vista home too.
2. Assume connection limit on XP/Vista/Win 7 is 10. What constraints does this connection limit place on 3CX? (If UDP is connectionless, therefore I assume this is not a constraint upon maximum possible number of simultaneous calls in transoding mode?)
Edit – Nick G – There is no connection limit on Vista or Win 7 and the XP connection limit is no longer applicable as only Cassini is supported on this platform
3. Is 3CX essentially 32 bit code? If not what benefit is there to use 64 bit OS over 32 bit OS – for example lets say if you had to choose between Win 7 Pro 32 bit or Win 7 Pro 64 bit?
Edit – Nick G – There is no significant performance improvement by going to 64bit.
4. Is Cassini more performant on 32 bit vs 64 bit in this example?
Not to our knowledge….
What about Windows Home Server? This would be a great low cost option for SMB.
Its better to use a mainstream OS such as Windows 7 or else Windows Foundation server. The cost difference is not that big…