SQL Server 2000 or components | Operating System Requirements
1>. Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition 1
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition 1
Windows Server 2003, datacenter 1
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows 2000 datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 5 (or later)
Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5 or later (Enterprise Edition)
The operating system requirements for the Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition are listed above.
2>. Enterprise Evaluation edition and Developer Edition
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (with SP5) or later
SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition 2 and SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000)
The operating system requirements for the Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition, Enterprise Evaluation edition, and Developer Edition are listed above.
Windows Server 2003 and web edition1 (MSDE only)
Windows 98
Windows ME
Client tools support Windows 953
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition 1
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition 1
Windows Server 2003, datacenter 1
UNIX, Apple Macintosh, and OS/2 clients require open database connection (ODBC) client software provided by third-party vendors.
Connect to Windows 95 only
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Windows 2000 (all versions)
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition 1
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition 1
Windows Server 2003, datacenter 1
1> Windows Server 2003 requires SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 or later.
2>. SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition is used for desktop and mobile environments. The Personal Edition does not include all functions of the Standard Edition. For example, Online Analytical Processing (OLAP), data mining, and other data warehouse functions, analysis services are included in the Personal Edition, but these functions cannot be installed on Windows 98 or Windows ME.
3>. Only supported by client connections, excluding graphical tools.
Note: 1>. on Microsoft Windows NT & reg; Server 4.0, you must install Service Pack 5 (SP5) or a later version. This is the minimum requirement for all versions of SQL Server 2000. The Chinese version of SQL Server 2000 does not support the English version of NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition.
2>. SQL Server 2000 is not supported on Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server.
3>. Install SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition or Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) on Windows 98 computers without NICs. Windows 98 Second Edition is required.
