# Filebeat Windows support

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-support/49258>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 5, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-support/49258 "2016-05-05T05:49:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sunilmchaudhari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sunilmchaudhari/32/9475_2.png) [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-support/49258/1 "2016-05-05T05:49:57Z")

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Hi,  
I was referring to below page.  
[ES-Suport matrix](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix)

Here I saw, filebeat and windows matrix. it says \*2 ( Binary provided but not supported)  
Please explain meaning of **not supported.**

br,  
Sunil

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-support/49258/2 "2016-05-05T07:29:11Z")

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It says that against Windows XP and Server 2008, both which are no longer supported by MS.  
So we wont fix any bugs that are found running filebeat on these OSs.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-support/49258/3 "2017-07-05T21:52:20Z")

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