Hi dear friends!
Update: Additional SharePoint Server 2013 LP’s (the full list) made GA, Generally Available since April 30 – SharePoint Server 2013 LP’s
Language support in SharePoint 2013 onprem…
(Lacking better info, I assume that the same list applies to SharePoint online)
Remember this anyone?
If you are like me you have not seen anything official on the topic of Language Packs and release dates and availability yet (written April 16, 2013).
I don’t know if anyone has put this info out there yet, but I have not found it and then I figure it won’t hurt to do it here I guess…
In my case, I was looking for Swedish, but others need to find their special local language, now I have some info for all of you:
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SharePoint Server 2013
Since (March 28) April 30th, all Language Packs are now available as a free download (link) Select your language in the dropdown or use the directlink in the list below.
(serverlanguagepack.img) I recommend renaming the files when downloaded since all LP’s have the same name, add for example the two letter code for your country after the filename: serverlanguagepack_se.exe (Swedish SPS LP)
TechNet suggests you take one of the following actions:
For Windows Server 2012, open the .img file directly and run Setup.exe (double-click it).
For Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, use a program that can mount or extract .img files. Then run Setup.exe (double-click it).
Generally Available Server Language packs listed:
| Language | Release date |
| English | March 28, 2013 |
| German | April 30, 2013 |
| French | April 30, 2013 |
| Hebrew | April 30, 2013 |
| Italian | April 30, 2013 |
| Japanese | April 30, 2013 |
| Spanish | April 30, 2013 |
| Catalan | April 30, 2013 |
| Portuguese-Brazil | April 30, 2013 |
| Chinese – Simplified | April 30, 2013 |
| Chinese – Traditional | April 30, 2013 |
| Dutch | April 30, 2013 |
| Korean | April 30, 2013 |
| Russian | April 30, 2013 |
| Czech | April 30, 2013 |
| Greek | April 30, 2013 |
| Hungarian | April 30, 2013 |
| Romanian | April 30, 2013 |
| Thai | April 30, 2013 |
| Turkish | April 30, 2013 |
| Ukrainian | April 30, 2013 |
| Serbian (Latin) N/A! | April 30, 2013 |
| Serbian (Cyrillic) | April 30, 2013 |
| Slovak | April 30, 2013 |
| Slovenian | April 30, 2013 |
| Bulgarian | April 30, 2013 |
| Croatian | April 30, 2013 |
| Estonian | April 30, 2013 |
| Kazakh | April 30, 2013 |
| Latvian | April 30, 2013 |
| Lithuanian | April 30, 2013 |
| Danish | April 30, 2013 |
| Finnish | April 30, 2013 |
| Norwegian (Bokmål) | April 30, 2013 |
| Swedish | April 30, 2013 |
| Arabic | April 30, 2013 |
| Hindi | April 30, 2013 |
| Polish | April 30, 2013 |
| Portuguese-Portugal | April 30, 2013 |
| Malay (Malaysia) | April 30, 2013 |
| Indonesian | April 30, 2013 |
| Vietnamese | April 30, 2013 |
| Galician | April 30, 2013 |
| Basque | April 30, 2013 |
You can also find these on MSDN (and TechNet) (link):
(nn_office_server_2013_language_pack_x64_dvd_nnnnnnn.iso)
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SharePoint Foundation 2013
Language Packs for SharePoint Foundation 2013 is a free download (link)
(sharepointlanguagepack.exe) I recommend renaming the files when downloaded since all LP’s have the same name, add for example the two letter code for your country after the filename: sharepointlanguagepack_se.exe (Swedish SPF LP)
Size: Aproximately 29 MB
| Language | Release date |
| English | October 30, 2012 |
| German | October 30, 2012 |
| French | October 30, 2012 |
| Hebrew | October 30, 2012 |
| Italian | October 30, 2012 |
| Japanese | October 30, 2012 |
| Spanish | October 30, 2012 |
| Catalan | October 30, 2012 |
| Portuguese-Brazil | October 30, 2012 |
| Chinese – Simplified | October 30, 2012 |
| Chinese – Traditional | October 30, 2012 |
| Dutch | October 30, 2012 |
| Korean | October 30, 2012 |
| Russian | October 30, 2012 |
| Czech | October 30, 2012 |
| Greek | October 30, 2012 |
| Hungarian | October 30, 2012 |
| Romanian | October 30, 2012 |
| Thai | October 30, 2012 |
| Turkish | October 30, 2012 |
| Ukrainian | October 30, 2012 |
| Serbian (Latin) N/A! | October 30, 2012 |
| Serbian (Cyrillic) | October 30, 2012 |
| Slovak | October 30, 2012 |
| Slovenian | October 30, 2012 |
| Bulgarian | October 30, 2012 |
| Croatian | October 30, 2012 |
| Estonian | October 30, 2012 |
| Kazakh | October 30, 2012 |
| Latvian | October 30, 2012 |
| Lithuanian | October 30, 2012 |
| Danish | October 30, 2012 |
| Finnish | October 30, 2012 |
| Norwegian (Bokmål) | October 30, 2012 |
| Swedish | October 30, 2012 |
| Arabic | October 30, 2012 |
| Hindi | October 30, 2012 |
| Polish | October 30, 2012 |
| Portuguese-Portugal | October 30, 2012 |
| Malay (Malaysia) | October 30, 2012 |
| Indonesian | October 30, 2012 |
| Vietnamese | October 30, 2012 |
| Galician | October 30, 2012 |
| Basque | October 30, 2012 |
Office Web Apps 2013
Language Packs for Office Web Apps 2013 is a free download (link)
(wacserverlanguagepack.exe) I recommend renaming the files when downloaded since all LP’s have the ame name, add for example the two letter code for your country after the filename: wacserverlanguagepack_se.exe (Swedish LP)
Size: Aproximately 25.5 MB
List last updated May 23, 2013
| Language | Release date |
| English | |
| German | |
| French | |
| Hebrew | |
| Italian | |
| Japanese | |
| Spanish | |
| Catalan | |
| Portuguese-Brazil | |
| Chinese – Simplified | |
| Chinese – Traditional | |
| Dutch | |
| Korean | |
| Russian | |
| Czech | |
| Greek | |
| Hungarian | |
| Romanian | |
| Thai | |
| Turkish | |
| Ukrainian | |
| Serbian (Latin) N/A! | |
| Serbian (Cyrillic) | |
| Slovak | |
| Slovenian | |
| Bulgarian | |
| Croatian | |
| Estonian | |
| Kazakh | |
| Latvian | |
| Lithuanian | |
| Danish | |
| Finnish | |
| Norwegian (Bokmål) | |
| Swedish | |
| Arabic | |
| Hindi | |
| Polish | |
| Portuguese-Portugal | |
| Malay (Malaysia) | |
| Indonesian | |
| Vietnamese | |
| Galician | |
| Basque |
I hope that this will help you find what you need. This was the kind of info I was looking for and could not find so hopwefully it will help you save time.
References:
Language Packs for Microsoft Office Web Apps Server
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35490
Language Packs for SharePoint Foundation 2013
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35492
Office Server 2013 Language Pack on MSDN Subscriber Downloads
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/securedownloads/hh442898.aspx#FileId=50889
Install or uninstall language packs for SharePoint 2013 (Foundation and Server)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262108.aspx
Thanks to:
Wictor Wilén who pointed out the simple fact to me that the Server LP’s were available on MSDN…a fact I had somehow managed to miss.
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Enjoy!
Regards
blksthl 
I went to the link in technet you provided, but I only saw the English language pack for SP 2013. Do I need a premium subscription or something to see the language packs? Are they not publicly available yet?
They are, but by default only English is selected in the left hand filter.
Select your language and it will appear!
Regards // Thomas
Language Packs for SharePoint Foundation 2013
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35492
is not working.
Hi Ashok.
The link works for me, takes me straight to the Language Packs for SharePoint Foundation 2013 downloadpage.
Regards // Thomas
When downloading the Spanish LP for SP 2013 Server I get a file called serverlanguagepack.img. The instrucitons say to run it, which doesn’t work. What’s the trick?
Hi.
‘Run it’ works in Windows Server 2012 but not on 2008 R2. Sorry ’bout that.
For 2008R2 you will need additional software, preferably installed on a client PC and exteract the files from there to a fileshare.
I updated the post on your input, thanks.
Regards // Thomas
Thanks for that. I hope you won;t find a follow up question: I instaled the March and April updates for SP2013 before installing the LP but did not run the SP Products Config Wizard after the updates. Now when the wizard runs it never completes task 9 of 10 (Upgrading SharePoint Products). It just sists there doing that forever. I’m thinking I need to start over but I am not sure
what is the correct order for installing the LP and the updates. Your thoughts on that would be appreciated.
Hi.
I say that the order does not metter, that was the case in 2007 and 2010 and I guess that hasn’t changed.
I have seen the wizard hanging at times as well, if the wizard stops, try running psconfig:
psconfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait
(same as running the wizard with no change)
Regards // Thomas
Thanks again. I am trying this on a single server. I think the problem may be SQL Server permissions. When I installed SP2013 I specified the wrong domain account as the farm account, I changed it by registering the right account using the Central Admin site, but it did not get the same SQL permissions as the first account. I’ve corrected that by hand and will try running psconfig again. By the way, the PSCDiagnostics log keeps getting entries that say “SyncUpgradeTimerJob: sleeping for 10 seconds” while the wizard hangs.
Btw, have you installed updates and LP’s on all of your SP servers in the farm Before running the wizard?
Rgds // Thomas
FYI psconfig ran fine after fixing the SQL Server permissions for the farm account. Thanks for your help!
What was missing? DBO on the config DB?
No problem, glad I could help, if I even did 🙂
Rgds // Thomas
The first account was added the db_accessadmin, SharePoint_Shell_Access, SPDataAccess, and WSS_Content_Application_Pools roles during installation. No dbo role. So I did the same for the second account and that worked.
Your answer about the installation order for LPs and up[dates was very helpful. There is stil no one place where all of the options for installing SP are covered, unfortunately. I think the reason is that there is just too much to it and everyone has a different requirements, so we focus on different things.
Cheers,
M.