TensorFlow Enterprise provides a seamless, scalable and supported
TensorFlow development experience across a variety of
Google Cloud AI products. All TensorFlow Enterprise versions provide
users with a Google Cloud optimized distribution of TensorFlow.

## TensorFlow Enterprise distribution

The TensorFlow Enterprise distribution contains custom built
TensorFlow binaries and related packages. Each version of the
TensorFlow Enterprise distribution is anchored on a particular version
of TensorFlow, and all packages included are available in open source.

TensorFlow Enterprise is available to use in the following products:

- Vertex AI
- Deep Learning VM Images
- Deep Learning Containers
- AI Platform Training

## One year of support

Starting with TensorFlow Enterprise 2.9, each [minor
release](https://www.tensorflow.org/guide/versions#semantic_versioning_20)
of TensorFlow Enterprise, when used on Google Cloud,
is supported with security updates and selected bug fixes for one year.

Previous TensorFlow Enterprise releases that included
Long Term Version Support (three years) are still supported for
the three-year time period.

The TensorFlow Enterprise distribution is not a fork of
TensorFlow. While it is available in Google Cloud
products, patches and bug fixes included in the
TensorFlow Enterprise distribution are reflected
in the mainline TensorFlow code repository.

## Version details

| Version | Support time period | Date of release | Support end date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.11 | One year | December 15, 2022 | December 14, 2023 |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.10 | One year | September 20, 2022 | September 19, 2023 |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.9 | One year | May 16, 2022 | May 15, 2023 |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.8 (includes Long Term Version Support) | Three years | February 2, 2022 | February 1, 2025 |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.7 | Unspecified | November 4, 2021 | Not applicable |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.6 (includes Long Term Version Support) | Three years | August 11, 2021 | August 10, 2024 |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.5 | Unspecified | May 14, 2021 | Not applicable |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.3 (includes Long Term Version Support) | Three years | August 17, 2020 | August 16, 2023 |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.1 (includes Long Term Version Support) | Three years | January 8, 2020 | January 7, 2023 |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 1.15 (includes Long Term Version Support) | Three years | October 30, 2019 | October 29, 2022 |

## What's included in TensorFlow Enterprise

The following packages are included in TensorFlow Enterprise. These
packages are updated with non-API breaking changes as they become
available and are fully tested.

- [TensorFlow-io](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/io)
- [TensorFlow-estimator](https://www.tensorflow.org/guide/estimator)
- [TensorFlow-probability](https://www.tensorflow.org/probability)
- [TensorFlow-datasets](https://www.tensorflow.org/datasets)
- [TensorFlow-hub](https://www.tensorflow.org/hub)
- [fairness-indicators](https://www.tensorflow.org/responsible_ai/fairness_indicators/guide) included with TensorFlow 2.3
- many more

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** TensorFlow Enterprise does not provide any support for code found within TensorFlow Contrib (`tf.contrib`).

## What's next

- Get started [using TensorFlow Enterprise with
  Deep Learning VM](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tensorflow-enterprise/docs/use-with-deep-learning-vm).
- Get started [using TensorFlow Enterprise with
  Deep Learning Containers](https://docs.cloud.google.com/tensorflow-enterprise/docs/use-with-deep-learning-containers).
- [Learn more about the Deep Learning VM
  and Deep Learning Containers
  community](https://docs.cloud.google.com/deep-learning-vm/docs/getting-support#get_support_from_the_community), where you can discuss and ask questions about Deep Learning VM and Deep Learning Containers.