# Shield 2 beta on previous versions of ES

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-2-beta-on-previous-versions-of-es/29487>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [September 17, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-2-beta-on-previous-versions-of-es/29487 "2015-09-17T14:55:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bobby\_Pilot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bobby_pilot/32/1186_2.png) [@Bobby\_Pilot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bobby_Pilot)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-2-beta-on-previous-versions-of-es/29487/1 "2015-09-17T14:55:31Z")

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Wondering if the new version of Shield announced today with field-level authorization will be available on earlier versions of Elasticsearch (specifically 1.7x)

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**Author:** ![skearns](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/skearns/32/125945_2.png) [@skearns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skearns)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-2-beta-on-previous-versions-of-es/29487/2 "2015-09-17T15:19:52Z")

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Hi Bobby,

The new Field and Document-level security in Shield will only be available in Shield 2.0+, which works with ES 2.0+. Going forward, you will notice that the Shield/Watcher versions will be tied to the ES versions, making the compatibility matrix significantly easier!

Thanks,  
Steve

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**Author:** ![Bobby\_Pilot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bobby_pilot/32/1186_2.png) [@Bobby\_Pilot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bobby_Pilot)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-2-beta-on-previous-versions-of-es/29487/3 "2015-09-17T15:47:24Z")

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thanks

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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 6, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-2-beta-on-previous-versions-of-es/29487/4 "2017-07-06T13:48:22Z")

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