Release strategy
Thermo Scientific Chromeleon CDS is used by laboratories in a wide range of different industries around the world. Many of our customers are challenged to improve efficiency and productivity whilst meeting the ever-increasing demands for regulatory compliance, data integrity and flawless operation.
To better meet the wide range of requirements from our customers, Thermo Fisher Scientific employs a release strategy for Chromeleon 7.2 SR5 and beyond that provides customers with the choice to deploy the version of Chromeleon CDS that best meets their needs.
- Regular releases for major (7.X) and minor (7.X.Y) feature increments continuously introduce new innovations and enable customers to stay up-to-date with the newest technologies and latest advancements.
- Long-term support (-LTS) releases enable customers to maintain utmost stability and robustness over an extended period with minimized validation efforts. Maintenance Updates (MU) are released every first month of a quarter.
This image shows an example overview of releases based on the new release strategy:
Support status tables1
Chromeleon 7 CDS - New Release Strategy
| Major | Minor | LTS | Date | Tested Windows® OS releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 7.2.9 | No | September 2018 | Windows 10 (64 bit) Enterprise Edition Professional Edition Windows 8.1 (64 bit) Professional Edition Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit) Professional Edition |
| 7.2 | 7.2.8 | No | April 2018 | Windows 10 (64 bit) Enterprise Edition Professional Edition Windows 8.1 (64 bit) Professional Edition Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit) Professional Edition |
| 7.2 | 7.2.7 | No | November 2017 | Windows 10 (64 bit) Enterprise Edition Professional Edition Windows 8.1 (64 bit) Professional Edition Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit) Professional Edition |
| 7.2 | 7.2.6 | No | August 2017 | Windows 10 (64 bit) Enterprise Edition Professional Edition Windows 8.1 (64 bit) Professional Edition Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit) Professional Edition |
| 7.2 | SR5 MUh | YES2 | February 2019 | Windows 10 (64 bit) Enterprise Edition Professional Edition Windows 8.1 (64 bit) Professional Edition Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit) Professional Edition |
| 7.2 SR5 | March 2017 |
Chromeleon 7 CDS – Previous Release Strategy
| Major release | Recent release | Date | OS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | SR5 MUb | July 2017 | Windows 10 (64 bit) Enterprise Edition Professional Edition Windows 8.1 (64 bit) Professional Edition Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit) Professional Edition |
| SR4 MUb3 | June 2016 | Windows 8.1 (64 bit) Professional Edition Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit) Professional Edition Ultimate Edition |
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| SR3 MUa3 | October 2015 | Windows 8.1 (64 bit) Professional Edition Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit) Professional Edition Ultimate Edition Windows Vista SP2 and above (32 bit) Business Edition Ultimate Edition |
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| SR2 MUc3 | April 2016 | ||
| SR1 MUb3 | June 2016 | Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit) Professional Edition SP1 Ultimate Edition SP1 |
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| 7.2 | MUd3 | July 2016 | Windows 7 SP1 (32 bit and 64 bit) Professional Edition SP1 Ultimate Edition SP1 Windows XP (32 bit) Professional Edition |
| 7.1 | SR3 | March 2014 | Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit) Professional Edition Ultimate Edition Windows XP (32 bit) Professional Edition |
| 7.0 | SR1 | May 2010 | Windows Vista SP1 and above Business Edition Ultimate Edition Windows XP (32 bit) Professional Edition |
Thermo Scientific Dionex Chromeleon 6 Chromatography Data System
| Release4 | Recent release | Date | OS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.80 | SR165 | December 2017 | Windows 7 SP1 (32 and 64 bit) Professional Edition Ultimate Edition Windows 2008 Server R2 Windows 2008 Server SP1 Windows 2003 Server SP2 |
| DU15b | April 2016 | Windows 7 SP1 (32 and 64 bit) Professional Edition Ultimate Edition Windows Vista SP2 (32-bit) Business Edition Ultimate Edition Windows 2008 Server R2 Windows 2008 Server SP1 Windows 2003 Server SP2 |
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| DU15a | May 2015 | ||
| SR15 | October 2014 |
- 1 For more details about supported operating systems, such as exceptions for specific instruments or instrument combinations, please refer to the release notes, list of supported instruments, and installation guides for the specific release version, along with the relevant enterprise documentation.
- 2 For LTS releases only the most recent maintenance update is mentioned.
- 3 The most recent maintenance updates for older versions are supported on a best effort base
- 4 Older versions of Chromeleon 6 are no longer supported
- 5 Discontinuance notice: Chromeleon 6.8 CDS version SR16 is the final release of the Chromeleon 6.8 software platform. As of July 1st 2018 it is no longer sold to new customers. From July 1st 2019 Chromeleon 6 licenses are no longer updated. From now on only critical and major bugs will be considered for fixing and major issues will be fixed on a best effort. By January 2019, there will only be fixes for critical bugs that have a serious impact on data quality and system operations. By January 2020 we will no longer be able to provide bug fixes although support and services will continue on a best effort basis.
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