Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003

Codename Preliminary name	Whistler Server
Kernel version	NT 5.2
CPU architecture	x86, AMD64, IA-64
Release date	2003-04-24 (RTM) 2005-11-22 (R2)
Support end	2015-07-14
Preceded by	Windows 2000 Server
Succeeded by	Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003 (codenamed .NET Server or Whistler Server), is the server counterpart of Windows XP.

Codenames

Its internal codenames were either the dotNET (.NET) Server (As evidenced in the Windows Buildtree, where its source is located at D:\dnsrv) and during the development of Windows Whistler (Windows XP), it was codenamed Whistler Server.

R2

An interim release was made, under the name Windows Server 2003 R2 on December 6, 2005.

Builds

Please note: The build list is sorted by compile date, not build number.

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• Existence doubtful
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• Leaked or released

Early Development

• Whistler Build 2239.idx01.000531-1103
• Whistler Build 2257.idx01.000810-2103
• Whistler Build 2267.idx01.000910-1316

Beta 1

• Whistler Build 2296.beta1.001024-1157

Beta 2

• Whistler Build 2410.main.001208-1937
• Whistler Build 2430.main.010130-1821
• Whistler Build 2433.main.010206-1822
• Whistler Build 2455.main.010307-1659
• Whistler Build 2462.main.010315-1739
• Whistler Build 2463.main.010328-1824
• Whistler Build 2464.main.010405-1517
• Whistler Build 2465.main.010410-1500
• Whistler Build 2467.main.010418-1202
• Whistler Build 2493.main.010612-1737
• Whistler Build 3505.idx02.010627-0843
• Whistler Build 3531.main.010730-1811
• Whistler Build 3541.main.010810-1755
• Whistler Build 3544.main.010814-2142
• Whistler Build 3541.idx01.010830-1033
• Whistler Build 3562.idx02.011017-1405

Beta 3

• Windows .NET Server Build 3590.main.011110-1652
• Windows .NET Server Build 3604.idx01.020207-0710
• Windows .NET Server Build 3615.main.020306-1639
• Windows .NET Server Build 3620.Lab01_N.020331-2000
• Windows .NET Server Build 3621.idx02.020402-1701
• Windows .NET Server Build 3628.idx03.020523-1620
• Windows .NET Server Build 3657.main.020627-1840
• Windows .NET Server Build 3660.main.020703-1730

RC1

• Windows .NET Server Build 3663.main.020715-1506
• Windows .NET Server Build 3676.main.020829-2048
• Windows .NET Server 2003 Build 3681.main.020913-1826
• Windows .NET Server 2003 Build 3678.idx01.020924-1515
• Windows .NET Server 2003 Build 3689.dnsrv.021001-2247
• Windows .NET Server 2003 Build 3700.dnsrv.021019-0144
• Windows .NET Server 2003 Build 3708.dnsrv.021030-1811
• Windows .NET Server 2003 Build 3714.dnsrv.021109-1327
• Windows .NET Server 2003 Build 3716.dnsrv.021112-2027

RC2

• Windows .NET Server 2003 Build 3718.dnsrv.021114-1947
• Windows Server 2003 Build 3742.dnsrv.021223-1639
• Windows Server 2003 Build 3757.srvr2.030129-0116
• Windows Server 2003 Build 3763.dnsrv.030204-1636
• Windows Server 2003 Build 3765.dnsrv.030206-2140

Pre-RTM

• Windows Server 2003 Build 3771.dnsrv.030214-1902
• Windows Server 2003 Build 3787.srv03_rtm.030312-1801
• Windows Server 2003 Build 3789.srv03 rtm.030321-1647

RTM

• Windows Server 2003 Build 3790.srv03_rtm.030324-2048

R2 Beta 1

• Windows Server 2003 R2 Build 3790.1711.dnsrv_r2_beta.041203-1815

R2 Beta 2

• Windows Server 2003 R2 Build 3790.1939.dnsrv_r2_beta2.050413-1957
• Windows Server 2003 R2 Build 3790.1970.dnsrv_r2.050613-1729

R2 RC0

• Windows Server 2003 R2 Build 3790.2021.dnsrv_r2_rc0.050822-1656
• Windows Server 2003 R2 Build 3790.2038.dnsrv_r2.050923-1625

R2 RC1

• Windows Server 2003 R2 Build 3790.2049.dnsrv_r2_rc1.051008-1710

R2 RTM

• Windows Server 2003 R2 Build 3790.2075.dnsrv_r2.051122-2350