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, and specific versions of TensorFlow Enterprise also include Long Term Version Support.
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.
The TensorFlow Enterprise is available to use in the following products:
- Vertex AI
- Deep Learning VM Images
- Deep Learning Containers
- AI Platform Training
Long Term Version Support
Specific versions of the TensorFlow Enterprise distribution, when used on Google Cloud, are supported with security updates and selected bug fixes for a period of three years. All users of TensorFlow receive one year of support for the last minor version in each major release. For example, TensorFlow 1.15 continued to release security patches for one year after its release. In contrast, versions of the TensorFlow Enterprise distribution that include Long Term Version Support will be supported for a total of three years.
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 will be reflected in the mainline TensorFlow code repository.
Version Details
| Version | Date of release | Long Term Version Support |
|---|---|---|
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.9 | May 16, 2022 | Not included |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.8 | February 2, 2022 | Included |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.7 | November 04, 2021 | Not included |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.6 | August 11, 2021 | Included |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.5 | May 14, 2021 | Not included |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.3 | August 17, 2020 | Included |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 2.1 | January 8, 2020 | Included |
| TensorFlow Enterprise 1.15 | October 30, 2019 | Included |
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
- TensorFlow-estimator
- TensorFlow-probability
- TensorFlow-datasets
- TensorFlow-hub
- fairness-indicators included with TensorFlow 2.3
- many more
What's next
- Get started using TensorFlow Enterprise with a Vertex AI Workbench user-managed notebooks instance.
- Get started using TensorFlow Enterprise with Deep Learning VM.
- Get started using TensorFlow Enterprise with Deep Learning Containers.
- Learn more about the Deep Learning VM and Deep Learning Containers community, where you can discuss and ask questions about Deep Learning VM and Deep Learning Containers.