Supported Operating Systems and Known Issues

Introduction

UIS verifies operating systems to ensure that they will work with university systems. Users may experience issues that UIS will be unable to resolve when using operating systems that are not fully compatible, or have not yet been vetted as fully compatible, with our systems. See the Service Level Agreement for Computer Support for more information on levels of support.
Operating Systems listed as "Security Risk" are not allowed on the Pacific Network; for offline options, please Contact Support.

Windows Operating Systems

  • Windows 11 - 22H2 or newer supported
  • Windows 10 and older - Not Supported (Oct 14th, 2025)*
     

*Exceptions made on a per device basis and business need

Apple Operating Systems

  • macOS Sequia - UIS strongly recommends waiting before upgrading. Full support is expected by January 2025. 
  • macOS Tahoe - Supported
  • macOS Sonoma 14.0 - Supported
  • macOS Ventura 13.0  and older- Not Supported/ Security Risk 

 

Other Operating Systems

Non-Apple and non-Microsoft operating systems such as Unix and Linux are not officially supported by UIS and not guaranteed to be compatible with university systems.

Known Issues

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