Microsoft KB Archive/896367

= Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 application compatibility =

Article ID: 896367

Article Last Modified on 3/12/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when used with:  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86) 

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SUMMARY
''This article contains information about application compatibility testing that was performed for the English version of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The Windows Application Experience test teams tested 127 server applications on computers that were running Windows Server 2003 with SP1. This article contains two tables that summarize the results of the tests.''

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INTRODUCTION
This article discusses application compatibility testing that was performed for the English version of Windows Server 2003 SP1. The Windows Application Experience test teams tested 127 server applications on computers that were running Windows Server 2003 with SP1. The goal of the test teams was to verify that the server applications maintained the same level of functionality that was verified for Windows Server 2003.

This article contains two tables that summarize the results of these application compatibility tests. The first table lists the applications that passed the tests. The second table lists the applications where regressions were found. The second table contains some recommendations that you can use to possibly resolve or to work around regression issues.

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MORE INFORMATION
The application compatibility tests focused on the following areas:
 * The primary functionality of the application
 * The functionality of the application on hardware that uses no-execute technology
 * Remote administration functionality from the server to the client
 * Clustering scenarios for cluster-aware applications

All tests were performed by using the default settings in the English version of Windows Server 2003 SP1. An application passed if no failing functionality regression was found when the functionality of the application in Windows Server 2003 with SP1 was compared to the functionality of the application in Windows Server 2003.

The applications that were tested included many server application segments. The server application segments include the following:
 * Antivirus
 * Firewall
 * Backup
 * Database
 * Communication
 * Systems management
 * Active Directory directory service
 * Business intelligence
 * Web development
 * System utilities
 * Finance

List of applications that passed the application compatibility tests
The following table lists applications that passed the application compatibility tests.

List of applications where a regression was found during the application compatibility tests
The following table lists known application regressions. The table contains recommendations that you can use to possibly resolve or work around the issue.

Microsoft does not support, endorse, or recommend any one of these products. We provide this information only as a convenience for our customers and do not provide warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Application compatibility issues with Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005
For a summary of application compatibility issues with Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

898921 Issues that you may experience after you install MOM 2005 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1

Note The article also provides information about how to configure Windows Firewall on a MOM server that is running Windows Server 2003 with SP1.

Application compatibility issues with SMS 2003
For a summary of application compatibility issues with Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/techfaq/tfaq02.mspx

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