What Version of ProjectWise Explorer to Use
An upgrade to your ProjectWise server has typically meant that you need to upgrade all of your client installations of the ProjectWise Explorer at the same time. This would require a great deal of extra planning and effort as the upgrade of both the client and server software would have to take place at the same time. With the release of the V8i SELECTseries versions of ProjectWise, the requirements for the simultaneous upgrade of both the client and server software have been relaxed somewhat to make the transition to a new version of ProjectWise easier.
As of the SELECTseries 3 release of ProjectWise, all of the ProjectWise Explorer V8i SELECTseries clients (1, 2 , and 3) will work with any of the V8i SELECTseries 1, 2, and 3 ProjectWise Integration Servers. If you are still running the original V8i release of the ProjectWise Integration server, only the corresponding version of the V8i ProjectWise Explorer is supported. However, the ProjectWise V8i client will work with all V8i servers through the SELECTseries 3 release.
Of course, it is a good idea to eventually upgrade your clients to the latest version of the ProjectWise Explorer supported by your ProjectWise Integration Server in order to take advantage of all of the latest features and fixes available in ProjectWise. Please check the readme file included with the ProjectWise Server install for the latest information on which version of the ProjectWise Explorer to use with the version of the ProjectWise Integration Server you are upgrading to.
The requirements for upgrading your ProjectWise caching servers has also been relaxed as Bentley now suggests that you can temporarily run the prior version of the caching server after upgrading your integration server. This can also lessen the impact of an upgrade for ProjectWise deployments with multiple caching servers in different locations. Again, we always recommend referring to the ProjectWise readme file delivered with the version of the ProjectWise Integration Server you are planning to upgrade to for the latest compatibility information.