SIMATIC PDM can be integrated in the engineering system, i.e. in the configuration environment of SIMATIC PCS 7, or operated in stand-alone mode. The version cycle of SIMATIC PDM is asynchronous to the version cycle of SIMATIC PCS 7:

The following overview shows some of the SIMATIC PDM versions and the compatible SIMATIC PCS 7 versions:

The compatibility tool on the Internet provides detailed information on how the various SIMATIC PCS 7 versions correlate with the versions of SIMATIC PDM:

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/de/en/view/64847781

Existing installations with SIMATIC PDM V7.0 can only be upgraded to version 9.1 by first upgrading to version 8.0. Projects based on SIMATIC PDM V6.x or V8.x (including SP in each case) can be upgraded directly to V9.0 with upgrade packages. Alternatively, an upgrade is also possible via the Software Update Service (for details, see "Software Media and Logistics" chapter, "Software Update Service" section).

Two upgrade packages are offered for SIMATIC PDM V8.x:

• SIMATIC PDM Upgrade Package Basic¹⁾ (with/without SIMATIC PDM HART Server) for configurations based on:
  • SIMATIC PDM Basic
  • SIMATIC PDM Service
  • SIMATIC PDM S7
  • SIMATIC PDM PCS 7
• SIMATIC PDM Upgrade Package Complete¹⁾ for configurations based on:
  • SIMATIC PDM PCS 7 Server
  • SIMATIC PDM PCS 7‑FF

¹⁾ Optional product components for SIMATIC PDM such as PDM Extended, PDM Integration in STEP 7/PCS 7, PDM Routing, PDM Server and PDM Communication FOUNDATION Fieldbus are each included in a product package listed in the SIMATIC PDM Upgrade Package Basic or SIMATIC PDM Upgrade Package Complete and are implicitly authorized to be updated via the corresponding license. The SIMATIC PDM Upgrade Package Complete is required for use of the product components PDM Server or PDM Communication FOUNDATION Fieldbus.