Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003
Version of Microsoft Windows
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OS familyWindows NT
Version5.2
CodenameWhistler Server
Preliminary nameWindows 2002[1]
Windows 2002 Server[2]
Windows .NET Server
Windows .NET Server 2003
Architecturex86, x64, IA-64
Latest build5.2.3790.3959
Release date2003-04-24
Support end2015-07-14
Client counterpart
Windows XP
Replaces
Windows 2000 Server
Replaced by
Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003 is the server counterpart of Windows XP, released eighteen months after its client counterpart. 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, the last version of Windows Server to support upgrade paths from Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and the last version of Windows NT overall to use NTLDR to boot the system.

Windows Server 2003's kernel was later adopted in the development of Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.

Release 2

An interim release under the name of Windows Server 2003 R2 was released to manufacturing on 6 December 2005.[3] New features compared to the original release are .NET Framework 2.0, Microsoft Management Console 3.0 (including new snap-ins), Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and Windows Services for UNIX.

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),[4] 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 is a widespread misconception that a version of Windows Server 2003 for the United Kingdom used a different startup sound. However, all versions and localizations of Windows Server 2003 use the same startup sound as in Windows XP - furthermore, Windows was not available in an English (United Kingdom) variant until Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.

Source code leak

On 23 September 2020, the source code for Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003's RTM build was shared on 4chan's /g/ board. As mentioned on the original post, the code had been circulating in private circles for several years at most. Due to the incompleteness of both source code repositories, primarily within the activation functionalities, it is fair to assume that the disclosure had originated from a Microsoft Partner who had access to the source code rather than Microsoft themselves. The ability to glance into the groundwork of this operating system has led to some discoveries, an example being the checks for enabling the DirectUI-based Start Page from shell\explorer\tray.cpp being usable in build 2410.

List of known builds

Beta 1

Confirmed build 2230.1
Confirmed build 2239.1.idx01.000531-1103
Confirmed build 2250.1.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.010315-1720
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
Confirmed build 2469.idx02.010510-1609
Confirmed build 2474
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 3516.lab03_n.010712-1530
Confirmed build 3527
Leaked build 3531.main.010730-1811
Confirmed build 3535
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.main.011002-1901
Confirmed build 3562.idx02.011017-1405
Confirmed build 3563.Lab03_N.011003-1919
Leaked build 3590.main.011110-1652

Release Candidate 1

Confirmed build 3602
Leaked build 3604.idx01.020207-0710
Confirmed build 3606.Lab03.020201
Confirmed build 3612
Leaked build 3615.main.020306-1639
Confirmed build 3620.Lab01_N.020331-2000
Leaked build 3621.idx02.020418-1556
Leaked build 3623.main.020409-1812
Leaked build 3628.idx03.020523-1620
Confirmed build 3630
Confirmed build 3633
Confirmed build 3636
Leaked build 3657.main.020627-1840
Leaked build 3660.main.020703-1730
Leaked build 3663.main.020715-1506

Release Candidate 2

Unconfirmed build 3667
Confirmed build 3676.main.020829-2048
Leaked build 3678.idx01.020924-1515
Leaked build 3681.main.020913-1826
Confirmed build 3683
Leaked build 3689.dnsrv.021001-2247
Confirmed build 3692
Leaked build 3700.dnsrv.021019-0144
Confirmed build 3707
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

Confirmed build 3736
Confirmed build 3738
Leaked build 3742.dnsrv.021223-1639
Confirmed build 3747
Leaked build 3757.srvr2.030129-0116
Leaked build 3763.dnsrv.030204-1636
Leaked build 3765.dnsrv.030206-2140
Leaked build 3771.dnsrv.030214-1902
Confirmed build 3777
Confirmed build 3786
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

Confirmed build 3790.1004.dnsrv_amd64.030521-2000
Leaked build 3790.1023.srvr2.030624-1700
Leaked build 3790.1039.srvr2.030807-1835
Leaked build 3790.1069.srv03_spbeta.030905-1850

Release Candidate 1

Leaked build 3790.1137.dnsrv.031120-1740
Leaked build 3790.1159.dnsrv.040209-1620
Confirmed build 3790.1180
Confirmed build 3790.1184
Leaked build 3790.1218.dnsrv.040708-2027
Leaked build 3790.1218.dnsrv_idx01.040726-1300
Confirmed build 3790.1227.dnsrv.040730-1826
Confirmed build 3790.1231.040810
Confirmed build 3790.1232.040817
Leaked build 3790.1247.dnsrv_idx02.041011-1313
Leaked build 3790.1260.dnsrv_idx01.041106-1435
Leaked build 3790.1289.srv03_sp1_rc1.041202-1618

Release Candidate 2

Leaked build 3790.1421.dnsrv.050118-1818
Leaked build 3790.1433.srv03_sp1_rc2.050203-1635

Pre-RTM

Leaked build 3790.1812.srv03_sp1_rtm.050225-1636
Leaked build 3790.1828.srv03_sp1_rtm.050321-2020

RTM

Leaked build 3790.1830.srv03_sp1_rtm.050324-1447

Service Pack 2

Beta

Confirmed build 3790.2721.dnsrv.060611-1056
Leaked build 3790.2786.srv03_sp2_idx.060907-0836
Confirmed build 3790.2805.dnsrv.061004-1416

Release Candidate

Leaked build 3790.2825.srv03_sp2_rc.061103-1303
Refresh
Leaked build 3790.2845.dnsrv.061207-1407

RTM

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

Release Candidate 0

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

Release Candidate 1

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

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. ↑ Microsoft. The “Server Formerly Known as Whistler” Joins Windows Family, Microsoft PressPass. 30 April 2001.
  2. ↑ Microsoft. Internal congratulatory video for Windows Server 2003 RTM release. April 2003.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051212140735/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/dec05/12-06WS03R2RTMPR.mspx
  4. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20030920074052/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/sep03/09-10StorageLaunchPR.asp
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