M-Files Client / Admin Tools on Windows 10 ARM (for M3 Macs)

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earlier update for the topic is from over 1 ago... any updated thoughts and plans to add windows clients to support ARM architecture? 
 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/add-arm-support 
 
 Rgs, 
 -Teemu

Craig Hawker · Accepted Answer

Unfortunately currently our official system requirements do not list this as a supported environment: Operating System Requirements (m-files.com) 
 Whilst there may be people who have this working in some capacity - and who may try to help you move this forward - please understand that answers from M-Files employees such as Joonas and I will be to point at the official documentation until such a time as this is supported officially.

𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕚𝕤𝕖 · Answer

So you tried and it doesn't work.. Only thing which comes to my mind is running M-Files on a x86 Computer and RDP into it from your mac.. Via Remote App it feels almost like running the App locally.. I dont think M-Files will ever support arm in their current Client..

Antti Nivala · Answer

Now that Windows 11 has added the support to run unmodified x64 Windows apps on Arm-powered devices (at least according to the Microsoft documentation), I assume that the technical blocker is the kernel-mode driver that M-Files Desktop includes. That would result in exactly the kind of behavior that's seen in the screenshot above, i.e., failing to start the MFClient service because a dependency service (the driver) failed to start. 
 If you have the opportunity, you could try verifying this assumption by trying to install only the "M-Files Server" and "M-Files Server Tools" components. If the installation of those components succeeds and the M-Files Server service starts without issues, it seems clear that then only the kernel mode driver in M-Files Desktop would be the technical issue. 
 I can't promise that we would product an Arm-compatible version of the kernel-mode driver any time soon, but we'd be a step closer if we knew that it is likely the only remaining missing part.

Joonas Linkola · Answer

No updates as far as I know, ARM support is not on the active roadmap.

M-Files Client / Admin Tools on Windows 10 ARM (for M3 Macs)

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