Windows Server 2003
| Version of Microsoft Windows | |
 | |
| OS family | Windows NT |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.2 |
| Codename | Whistler Server |
| Preliminary name | Windows 2002[1] Windows .NET Server 2003 |
| Architecture | x86, x64, ia64 |
| Latest build | 5.2.3790 |
| Release date | 2003-04-24 |
| Support end | 2015-07-14 |
Standard Server Datacenter Server Enterprise Server | |
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.
Codenames
Its internal codenames were either dotNET (.NET) Server (As evidenced in the Windows buildtree, where its source is located at D:\dnsrv) and during the development of Windows XP, it was codenamed Whistler Server.
Release 2
An interim release was made, under the name Windows Server 2003 R2 on 2005-12-06.
Other versions
As well as the standard Windows Server 2003, several other editions were built on the NT5.2 kernel, including Storage Server 2003 R2 (released 2006-03-05), Compute Cluster Server 2003 (released 2006-06-09), Small Business Server 2003 R2 (released 2006-09-01) and Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (released 2006-12-05).
Builds
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Unconfirmed build 
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Pre-Beta
Technical Beta
Beta 1
Pre-Beta 2
Beta 2
Beta 3
RC1
RC2
Pre-RTM
RTM
Service Pack 1 Beta
Service Pack 1 RC
Service Pack 1
Service Pack 2 Beta
Service Pack 2
R2 Beta
R2 RTM
This version is Windows Storage Server 2003 R2.
Compute Cluster Server
- Beta 2 release of Compute Cluster Server.
- Compute Cluster Server CTP, released in 2006-02.
- Compute Cluster Server RTM release.
