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Windows 2003 Server, SQL Server, and Project Server 2003
Posted by Kristofer Gafvert on August 19th, 2004


Hello,

Windows Server 2003 does NOT come with SQL Server. SBS (Small Business
Server) [1], comes with SQL Server, but before considering using that,
please note the licensing limitations.

Microsoft ships a product called MSDE, which is a lightweight version of SQL
Server, and is free (no matter if you use Windows 2000 or 2003). If Project
2003 works with MSDE is something you will have to look up. But the System
Requirements[2] tells me that SQL Server is required.

So, it looks like you will need to buy SQL Server in one or another way,
because it is a separate product from Windows Server.

[1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...s/default.mspx
[2] http://www.microsoft.com/office/proj...serverreq.mspx

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Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.ilopia.com


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