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When will Microsoft stop selling Windows 2003 Server? The branch office will need setting up March/April next year.
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When will Microsoft stop selling Windows 2003 Server? The branch office will need setting up March/April next year.

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Who knows. It will be a while yet. They will not simply pull the product from the channel the day after release. You can still buy Windows XP now. <br />
Even if they do pull the product, simply use downgrade rights - buy a Windows 2008 license and use Windows 2003. That is what you have to do with Exchange if you want Exchange 2003 now. <br />
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Simon.<br />
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Who knows. It will be a while yet. They will not simply pull the product from the channel the day after release. You can still buy Windows XP now.
Even if they do pull the product, simply use downgrade rights - buy a Windows 2008 license and use Windows 2003. That is what you have to do with Exchange if you want Exchange 2003 now.

Simon.

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Once your question has been answered, please remember to accept an answer and close the question.

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They do not sell 2003 anymore however I would wait until the first SPK of 2008 because new softare comes with lots of bugs. 
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They do not sell 2003 anymore however I would wait until the first SPK of 2008 because new softare comes with lots of bugs.

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Have you installed Windows 2008? It already has the first service pack installed as it is built on the same code Vista which is on its first service pack. <br />
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Simon. 
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Have you installed Windows 2008? It already has the first service pack installed as it is built on the same code Vista which is on its first service pack.

Simon.

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We will be setting up two new sites with a DC and Exchange Server on each site with DFS for file replication. Should we go ahead with 2003 or wait till 2008 is released?<br />
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We will be setting up two new sites with a DC and Exchange Server on each site with DFS for file replication. Should we go ahead with 2003 or wait till 2008 is released?


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Server 2003 or 2008

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).