US Patent 9983866 Upgrade compatibility checks in a client-server environment

Techniques to automatically detect incompatibility between client software and server software with which the client software is associated are disclosed. In various embodiments, an indication is received that a client software version is associated with a client system comprising a plurality of client systems associated with a server system. A software compatibility data associated with the server system is accessed. The client software version is compared to at least a portion of the software compatibility data. A determination is made, based at least in part on the comparison, as to whether the client software version is compatible with a server software version associated with the server system.