SAP Note
1672817 - Browser: IE/Edge: Central Internet Explorer Support Policy Note
Version 31 Validity: 30.08.2015 - active Language English (Master)
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Released On
Release Status
Component
31.08.2015 08:21:27
Released for Customer
BC-WD-ABA Web Dynpro ABAP
Other Components BC-FES-BUS Netweaver Business Client
BC-FES-WGU SAP GUI for HTML
BC-WD-JAV Web Dynpro Java
BC-WD-UR Unified Rendering
CA-UI5-COR SAP UI5 Core and Runtime
Priority
Category
Recommendations / Additional Info
FAQ
Symptom
You want to render SAP Web applications in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE).
Other Terms
User interface, browser, front end, IE, Edge
Internet, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, SAP NetWeaver, portal, UI, Web, Web application, Web Dynpro
Reason and Prerequisites
SAP supports Microsoft Internet Explorer browser (IE) release cycle.
Solution
SAP Release Policy for Internet Explorer
SAP follows the Microsoft IE release cycle and conditionally supports the IE version from the vendor release date on. SAP supports IE for desktop
operating systems until end of support by Microsoft.
Internet Explorer for Windows Phone is not yet released by SAP for SAPUI5. Mobile browser versions are supported for 3 years from vendor release date on.
Exceptions from this rule, such as not supported versions, earlier end of life will be published separately.
SAP processes errors (e.g. caused by incompatible changes of new IE release) as quickly as possible. However, if an ad-hoc solution is required
for operational reasons, you must use an alternative browser which is unconditionally released.
Support date, minimum required backend Support Package (SP) and the limitations will be published in Product Availability Matrix (PAM) on Service Market Place after vendor release date (see http://service.sap.com/PAM). The content and the extent of the limitations and the backend changes depend on the vendor changes in the new browser version.
Note that teh information about the browser support for SAP solutions such as ERP, CRM, SRM, SCM might deviate from NetWeaver suport
information and is also available in the corresponding PAM.
Microsoft Release Policy for Internet Explorer
From January 12, 2016 only the most recent version of Internet Explorer available for the supported operating system will receive technical support and security updates (see IE blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/08/07/stay-up-to-date-with-internet-explorer.aspx). For Windows 7, 8.1
operating systems and server 2012 R2 this will be IE11.
SAP will also end supporting browser vesions lower than IE11 for these operating systems on January 12, 2016.
Please stay up-to-date with release announcements for Internet Explorer following IEBlog on MSDN (external link: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/).
SAP recommendations for Internet Explorer Versions
SAP recommends to use Internet Explorer 11 from Jan 2016.
Internet Explorer 6 (end of life)
Microsoft dropped support for IE6 and Windows XP in April 2014 (see also http://www.ie6countdown.com/educate-others.aspx )
Internet Explorer 7
IE7 misses security features like cross-document messaging and cross-origin resource sharing and does not support modern html5 features.
SAP does not recommend to use IE7 and dropped its support in newer releases like NW 7.40. End of support date is Jan 12, 2016.
Internet Explorer 8
IE8 partially supports modern html5 features and cannot consume new SAP html5 based applications, such as SAP Fiori (For full SAPUI5 support SAP recommends to use IE11). End of support: Jan 12, 2016.
Internet Explorer 9
IE9 introduced a new IE9 engine and a new IFrame handling. For details see IE9 release notes ("Quirks and Standards Mode"). IE9 is not available on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. End of support: Jan 12, 2016, except for Windows Vista. IE9 does not support all html5 features used by SAPUI5 (For full SAPUI5 support SAP recommends to use IE11).
For further information please refer to external documenation:
HTML5: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/hh673546(v=vs.85).aspx
CSS3: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/hh673536(v=vs.85).aspx Internet Explorer 10
IE10 offers several improvements in html5 and is the recommended for new SAPUI5 based applications like SAP Fiori.
SAP supports IE10 Desktop 32-bit. IE10 Windows Modern UI 32- and 64-bit are not supported in general. In IE10 Microsoft changed the default document mode to standards mode. This can brake old pages, which are not using a valid "doctype" definition.
To run IE10 with SAP you need the recommended minimum SPS and the latest patches. End of support: Jan 12, 2016, except for Windows Server 2012 R1 (not recommended by SAP).
Internet Explorer 11
SAP supports IE11 Desktop. To run IE11 you need the recommended minimum SPS and the latest patches.
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1
IE11 in "Modern UI" (including touch support) is not supported in general. "Windows 8 Modern UI" and touch are only supported for SAPUI5.
IE11 Enterprise Mode EMIE
IE11 introduced a new Enterprise Mode, which can be used to run web applications which do not fulfill the requirements for IE11. For details
please refer to the IE11 relase note.
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows Phone 8.1
IE11 for WP 8.1 is conditionally released with SAPUI5 1.28 (shipped with UI add-on 1.0 SP11) and higher. Limitations: IE11 on WP8.1 does not support drag&drop (and/or moving objects). Reference device is Nokia Lumia 930 in country version "Germany" with the latest operating system version. For an overview of the device operatings system versions please see http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/support/software-update/wp8-software-update/ . Support
cases must be reproducible on this device.
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Desktop
Support for IE11 on Windows 10 is planned within 3 months after vendor release date (29 July 2015).
Remarks: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 will remain fundamentally unchanged from Windows 8.1
(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2015/03/24/updates-from-the-project-spartan-developer-workshop.aspx).
Touch usage is only planned to be supported by SAPUI5.
In general, IE11 on Windows 10 will be supported for the same products, which IE11 on Windows 8.1 is supported for today. Exceptions will
be published in the corresponding product PAM. SAP does not plan any specific support policy for IE11 on Windows 10 comparing to other IE11 versions.
For IE11 on Windows 10 a new required minimum SPS will be necessary.
Edge Browser Support on Windows 10 Desktop
Windows 10 will include a new browser called "Edge"(see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2015/02/26/a-break-from-the-past-the-birth-ofmicrosoft-s-new-web-rendering-engine.aspx).
Future direction is as follows (this is current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time):
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SAPUI5 plans to support Edge within 3 month after vendor release date with SAPUI5 version 1.32. Downport to 1.28 is planned.
Enterprise Portal with Ajax Framework Page in standards mode plans to support Edge
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio plans to support Edge as soon as possible (depending on SAPUI5 support and its internal availability)
Lumira plans to support Edge with Lumira 1.29 (planned for November 2015) BI 4 and Web Intelligence plans to support Edge in release 4.2 SP2 (mid 2016) Web Dynpro ABAP und UR Standards Mode plan to support Edge with restrictions as future direction WEBUIF plans Edge support as future direction. Edge Support is not planned for:
BSP SAP GUI and SAP GUI for HTML All SAP UI Technologies with active components.
64-bit layout engine of Internet Explorer
Note: the main process in IE10 and higher releases runs in 64 bit layout engine on 64-bit OS. The visible windows ("tab") by default use a 32-bit
layout engine. The Enhanced Protected Mode (Windows 7) or the 64-bit modus of Enhanced Protected Mode (Windows 8.1), which switch to 64bit rendering are not supported in general.
IE 64-bit rendering is supported by:
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Portal Ajax Framework Page in standards mode. For other UI technologies bug report can be filed only for 32 bit rendering. So far we are not aware of technical rendering differences between the 32-bit and 64-bit IE layout engines.
SAP browser add-on based UI technologies (Active Components) technically do not support 64-bit version of IE.
This does not mean that IE with 32-bit rendering is not supported on Windows Operating System 64 bit (on the contrary, it is recommended).
Internet Explorer general restrictions
IFrame restrcition (Quirks and Standard mode)
In an Iframe, IE can only render the compatible document modes of the top-level page engine. This includes IE9 engine document modes (IE911) and IE8 engine document modes (IE5-IE8).
In SAP this is sometimes colloquially called "standards mode" and "quirks mode", which is technically not accurate, but describes the SAP use case.
For details, further information and configuration recommendations please refer to note 1900896 .
Remarks: Internet Explorer Compatibility View inSAP context
Documentation about compatibility view:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/use-compatibility-view#ie=ie-9 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/use-compatibility-view#ie=ie-11
A flowchart describing how the decision to use compatibility view is made in IE9 please can be found here: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/ieblog/2010/Jun/16_IEsCompatibilityFeaturesforSiteDevelopers_1.svg
An application page can determine its rendering mode via the MS specific Meta tag "X-UA-Compatible" (e.g. quirks or standards). In that
case the compatability view setting do not have any influence on the rendering. If there is no such tag, the compatibility view setting sets IE to "EmulateIE7" mode. This can be helpful for rendering of quirks mode application in the correct quirks document mode using IE10 and higher releases.
Further Information from Microsoft
For more information about Internet Explorer itself, refer to the Microsoft home page under the following links:
Most important IEBlog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/
Microsoft Edge Dev Blog: http://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/
Life cylce information - Stay up-to-date with Internet Explorer: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/08/07/stay-up-to-date-with-internetexplorer.aspx
Stay up to date with Enterprise Mode for Internet Explorer 11: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/04/02/stay-up-to-date-with-enterprisemode-for-internet-explorer-11.aspx
Download IE: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/download-ie
Testinfrastructure and virtual machines for IE: http://www.modern.ie/en-us
Springboard Series for IT professionals: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default
Microsoft Internet Explorer Dev Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/
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Validity
This document is not restricted to a software component or software component version
References
This document refers to:
SAP Notes
1903267 Browser: Internet Explorer 11 Release Notes
1900896 Browser: IE Restrictions for Portal and NWBC content - IE Quirks and Standards Document Modes
1898981 Internet Explorer standards mode in NWBC for HTML
1878639 WEBCUIF IE9-Standards mode
1853989 Main Browser Note for BS7i2013
1793938 Main Browser Note for NetWeaver 7.4
1785100 Internet Explorer 10 Release Notes
1760260 SAP GUI for HTML: Compatibility mode in Internet Explorer
1753544 Web Dynpro - HTML standards mode
1737445 Internet Explorer standards mode rendering for EP
1728946 Browser: Browser Support Strategy for NetWeaver
1674501 Browser: Internet Explorer Compatibility View and Document Modes - FAQ
1673847 ICF system logon: IE and quirks mode for rendering engine
1620576 NWBC for HTML: Prerequisites and restrictions
1599159 Browser: IE: Internet Explorer 9 Release Note
1590563 Browser: IE for Developers: Set the correct document mode for IE9 and higher
1296463 Main Browser Note for NW 7.0
892638 Integrated Office Suites (IOS): Maintenance information
834573 SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe: Acrobat/Reader version
766191 Installation of Active Component Framework
432027 Strategy for using SAP Support Packages
This document is referenced by:
SAP Notes (27)
1296419 Main Browser Note for NW 2004
1296463 Main Browser Note for NW 7.0
1296464 Main Browser Note for NW 7.1
1599159 Browser: IE: Internet Explorer 9 Release Note
1728946 Browser: Browser Support Strategy for NetWeaver
1826387 PPM 6.0: Supported Browsers, Java versions, etc.
1737445 Internet Explorer standards mode rendering for EP
1620576 NWBC for HTML: Prerequisites and restrictions
1878639 WEBCUIF IE9-Standards mode
1622315 Browser Support Web Channel Experience Management
1878963 SAP Master Data Governance 7.0 Browser
1753544 Web Dynpro - HTML standards mode
1900896 Browser: IE Restrictions for Portal and NWBC content - IE Quirks and Standards Document Modes
1903267 Browser: Internet Explorer 11 Release Notes
2143334 SAP Master Data Governance 8.0 Browser
1590563 Browser: IE for Developers: Set the correct document mode for IE9 and higher
766191 Installation of Active Component Framework
1762068 SAP Master Data Governance 6.1 Browser Compatibility
1509421 Main Browser Note for NW 7.3
1853989 Main Browser Note for BS7i2013
892638 Integrated Office Suites (IOS): Maintenance information
1785100 Internet Explorer 10 Release Notes
1793938 Main Browser Note for NetWeaver 7.4
1918612 SAP IFbA: Information Reader/Browser support
1673847 ICF system logon: IE and quirks mode for rendering engine
1674501 Browser: Internet Explorer Compatibility View and Document Modes - FAQ
834573 SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe: Acrobat/Reader version