Microsoft KB Archive/913945

= Microsoft does not certify that third-party products will work with Microsoft SQL Server =

Article ID: 913945

Article Last Modified on 11/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard X64 Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition for Itanium-based Systems
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise X64 Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Workgroup Edition

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SUMMARY
Microsoft does not certify or validate that third-party products will work correctly with Microsoft SQL Server. Additionally, Microsoft does not provide any warranty, guaranty, or statement of any third-party product's fitness for use with SQL Server. This policy applies to hardware and software products. It is up to the third-party vendor of the product to provide any such warranty, guaranty, or statement of the product's fitness for use.

Microsoft support documents may use the phrase &quot;not supported by Microsoft&quot; with regard to third-party products. This phrase means that the first line of support for such a product should be the third-party product vendor rather than Microsoft. If a third-party product is part of a configuration that is experiencing an issue, and Microsoft SQL Server Support is investigating that issue, the support engineer may ask that the issue be reproduced in a configuration that does not include the third-party product before further investigation will be done.

Microsoft does provide a description of the requirements that SQL Server has for the environment in which it operates. This description includes requirements for the I/O subsystem and for caching systems, as well as other system requirements. SQL Server can operate properly in an environment that meets these system requirements. Microsoft provides this information to support SQL Server transactional semantics. For an example of these requirements, see the &quot;SQL Server 2000 I/O Basics&quot; document. This document is available at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2000/maintain/sqlIObasics.mspx

Third-party vendors should verify that their products interact with SQL Server and its environment in ways that meet the requirements of SQL Server. Additionally, third-party vendors should verify that SQL Server can operate properly with their products.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

304261 Description of support for network database files in SQL Server

Keywords: kbinfo kbtshoot KB913945

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