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Hi,<br />
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I am currently in the process of purchasing a copy of windows server and sql server and attaching it to an existing network. The existing network has windows server 2003 and sql server 2005 machines. <br />
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We would like to keep the network consistant with the same versions and we are attracted by the new features of 2008.<br />
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Are there any issues now and into the future regarding availability, support and compatability.<br />
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Thats is, is it still possible to aquire sql server 2005 and windows server 2003? and if so will we microsoft still support those products and for how long. <br />
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Will there be compatability issues with Visual Studio 2008?<br />
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Are there compatability issues between sql server 2008 &amp;&nbsp;windows server 2008 and sql server 2005 and windows server 2003?<br />
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Thank you in advance <br />
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Ryan Upton
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Hi,

I am currently in the process of purchasing a copy of windows server and sql server and attaching it to an existing network. The existing network has windows server 2003 and sql server 2005 machines. 

We would like to keep the network consistant with the same versions and we are attracted by the new features of 2008.

Are there any issues now and into the future regarding availability, support and compatability.

Thats is, is it still possible to aquire sql server 2005 and windows server 2003? and if so will we microsoft still support those products and for how long. 

Will there be compatability issues with Visual Studio 2008?

Are there compatability issues between sql server 2008 & windows server 2008 and sql server 2005 and windows server 2003?

Thank you in advance 

Ryan Upton

Availability, support and compatability of SQL Server, Windows Server

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).

Windows Server 2003

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.