Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003
Version of Microsoft Windows
Windows Server 2003 logo.png
WinSRV2003Enterprise RTM Desktop.png
OS familyWindows NT
Version5.2
CodenameWhistler Server
Preliminary nameWindows 2002[1]
Windows .NET Server
Windows .NET Server 2003
Windows XP Server 2002
Architecturex86, x64, IA-64
Latest build5.2.3790.3959.srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710 (Service Pack 2)
Release date2003-04-24
Support end2015-07-14
SKUs
Web Server
Standard Server
Datacenter Server
Enterprise Server
Client counterpart
Windows XP
Replaces
Windows 2000 Server
Replaced by
Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003 is the server counterpart of Windows XP. It comes in editions like Datacenter, Web Server, Standard, Enterprise and Small Business (the latter is technically a separate version). It replaces Windows 2000 Server and was replaced by Windows Server 2008.

It is the last version of Windows Server to support computers without ACPI and the last version of Windows to use NTLDR to boot the system.

Release 2

An interim release under the name of Windows Server 2003 R2 was released to manufacturing on 6 December 2005.[2]

Other versions

As well as the standard Windows Server 2003, several other editions were built on the NT 5.2 kernel, including Storage Server 2003 (released on 10 September 2003),[3] Storage Server 2003 R2 (released on 6 March 2006), Compute Cluster Server 2003 (released on 9 June 2006), Small Business Server 2003 R2 (released on 1 September 2006) and Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (released on 5 December 2006).

Startup sound

There's a widespread misconception that this startup sound from a promotion animation (cut by TheCanadianToast) is used for a version of Windows Server 2003 for the United Kingdom. However, no country-specific edition of Windows was ever made until Microsoft was forced to make N and KN variants for Europe and South Korea respectively which removes Windows Media Player and other features due to antitrust lawsuits; Windows didn't have English (United Kingdom) as a display language option until Windows 8/Server 2012. All versions and localizations of Windows Server 2003 use the Windows XP startup sound.

List of known builds

Beta 1

Confirmed build 2239.idx01.000531-1103
Unconfirmed build 2250.main.000628-2111
Confirmed build 2257.1.idx01.000810-2103
Leaked build 2267.1.idx01.000910-1316
Leaked build 2296.1.beta1.001024-1157

Beta 2

Leaked build 2410.1.main.001208-1937
Leaked build 2430.1.main.010130-1821
Leaked build 2433.1.main.010206-1822
Leaked build 2455.main.010307-1659
Leaked build 2462.main.010315-1739

Beta 3

Leaked build 2463.main.010328-1824
Leaked build 2464.main.010405-1517
Leaked build 2465.main.010410-1500
Leaked build 2467.main.010418-1202
Unconfirmed build 2469.idx02.010510-1609
Leaked build 2493.main.010612-1737
Confirmed build 2496
Unconfirmed build 2497.main.010616-1657
Unconfirmed build 2499.main.010619-1834
Leaked build 3505.idx02.010710-1030
Confirmed build 3527
Leaked build 3531.main.010730-1811
Leaked build 3541.main.010810-1755
Leaked build 3541.idx01.010830-0946
Leaked build 3541.idx01.010830-1033
Leaked build 3544.main.010814-2142
Confirmed build 3557.main
Confirmed build 3562.idx02.011017-1405
Confirmed build 3563.Lab03_N.011003-1919
Leaked build 3590.main.011110-1652

RC1

Leaked build 3604.idx01.020207-0710
Confirmed build 3612
Leaked build 3615.main.020306-1639
Confirmed build 3620.Lab01_N.020331-2000
Leaked build 3621.idx02.020402-1701
Leaked build 3623.main.020409-1812
Leaked build 3628.idx03.020523-1620
Confirmed build 3636
Leaked build 3657.main.020627-1840
Leaked build 3660.main.020703-1730
Leaked build 3663.main.020715-1506

RC2

Unconfirmed build 3676.main.020829-2048
Leaked build 3678.idx01.020924-1515
Leaked build 3681.main.020913-1826
Leaked build 3689.dnsrv.021001-2247
Leaked build 3700.dnsrv.021019-0144
Leaked build 3708.dnsrv.021030-1811
Leaked build 3714.dnsrv.021109-1327
Leaked build 3716.dnsrv.021112-2027
Leaked build 3718.dnsrv.021114-1947

Pre-RTM

Leaked build 3742.dnsrv.021223-1639
Leaked build 3757.srvr2.030129-0116
Leaked build 3763.dnsrv.030204-1636
Leaked build 3765.dnsrv.030206-2140
Leaked build 3771.dnsrv.030214-1902
Leaked build 3787.srv03_rtm.030312-1801
Unconfirmed build 3789.srv03_rtm.030321-1647

RTM

Leaked build 3790.srv03_rtm.030324-2048

Service Pack 1 Beta

Leaked build 3790.1023.srvr2.030624-1700
Leaked build 3790.1039.srvr2.030807-1835
Leaked build 3790.1069.srv03_spbeta.030905-1850
Leaked build 3790.1137.dnsrv.031120-1740
Leaked build 3790.1159.dnsrv.040209-1620
Leaked build 3790.1218.dnsrv.040708-2027
Leaked build 3790.1218.dnsrv_idx01.040726-1300
Leaked build 3790.1247.dnsrv_idx02.041011-1313
Leaked build 3790.1260.dnsrv_idx01.041106-1435

Service Pack 1 RC

Leaked build 3790.1289.srv03_sp1_rc1.041202-1618
Leaked build 3790.1421.dnsrv.050118-1818
Leaked build 3790.1433.srv03_sp1_rc2.050203-1635
Leaked build 3790.1812.srv03_sp1_rtm.050225-1636
Leaked build 3790.1828.srv03_sp1_rtm.050321-2020

Service Pack 1

Leaked build 3790.1830.srv03_sp1_rtm.050324-1447

Service Pack 2 Beta

Leaked build 3790.2786.srv03_sp2_idx.060907-0836
Leaked build 3790.2825.srv03_sp2_rc.061103-1303
Leaked build 3790.2845.dnsrv.061207-1407

Service Pack 2

Leaked build 3790.3959.srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710

R2 Beta

Leaked build 3790.1711.dnsrv_r2_beta.041203-1815
Leaked build 3790.1909.dnsrv_r2.050225-0026
Leaked build 3790.1939.dnsrv_r2_beta2.050413-1957
Leaked build 3790.1970.dnsrv_r2.050613-1729
Leaked build 3790.2014.dnsrv_r2.050813-1829
Leaked build 3790.2021.dnsrv_r2_rc0.050822-1656
Leaked build 3790.2031.dnsrv_r2.050914-1758
Leaked build 3790.2038.dnsrv_r2.050923-1625
Leaked build 3790.2049.dnsrv_r2_rc1.051008-1710

R2 RTM

Leaked build 3790.2075.dnsrv_r2.051122-2350

Storage Server 2003 R2

Leaked build 3790.2567.srv03_sp1_gdr.051109-1528

Compute Cluster Server (Compute Cluster Pack)

Beta 2

Leaked build 1.0.412.0

Community Technology Preview

Leaked build 1.0.503.0

RTM

Leaked build 1.0.640.0

Service Pack 1

Leaked build 1.0.676.14


References

  1. ↑ https://news.microsoft.com/2001/04/30/the-server-formerly-known-as-whistler-joins-windows-family/
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051212140735/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/dec05/12-06WS03R2RTMPR.mspx
  3. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20030920074052/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/sep03/09-10StorageLaunchPR.asp
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