Microsoft KB Archive/926031

= Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 application compatibility =

Article ID: 926031

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, when used with:  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)

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

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition

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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 2 (SP2). The Windows serviceability AppCompat test teams tested more than 1,500 server applications and desktop applications on computers that were running Windows Server 2003 SP2. 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 SP2. The Windows Application Experience test teams tested more than 1,500 server applications and desktop applications on computers that were running Windows Server 2003 SP2. The goal of the test teams was to verify that the server applications and the desktop applications maintained the same level of functionality that was verified for Windows Server 2003 and for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

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 possibly 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 (NX) technology.
 * The remote administration functionality from the server to the client.
 * The clustering scenarios for cluster-aware applications.

All tests were performed by using the default settings in the English version of Windows Server 2003 SP2. An application was considered to have passed the tests only after the functionality of the application in Windows Server 2003 SP2 was compared to the functionality of the application in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows Server 2003 SP1.

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

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

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

Microsoft provides this information only as a convenience for our customers. We do not support, endorse, or recommend any one of these products. We do not provide implied warranties of the merchantability or the fitness of these products for any particular purpose. Moreover, we do not provide expressed warranties or implied warranties of any kind for these products.

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