PowerBuilder 2017 can be installed to the following Windows operating system (Windows XP and Vista are no longer supported):
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Windows 7 32- or 64-bit with SP1
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Windows 8.1
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Windows Server 2008 32- or 64-bit with SP2 (Run-time only, not development)
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Windows Server 2012 R2 (Run-time only, not development)
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Windows Server 2016 (Run-time only, not development)
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Windows 10 (newly supported in 2017)
The following database versions are newly supported in PowerBuilder 2017 compared to PowerBuilder 12.6:
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SQL Server 2016, 2014, 2012, and 2008 R2
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Oracle 12c
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SQL Anywhere 17, 16, and 12
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ASE 16
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Informix 12.x
For the other supported database types and versions, refer to Working with Standard Database Interfaces in Connecting to Your Database.