Operating Systems Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2000
This table shows the operating systems supported for running the server software from each Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 edition.
| Operating System | Enterprise Edition |
Standard Edition |
Personal Edition |
Developer Edition |
Desktop Engine |
SQL Server CE |
Enterprise Evaluation Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows® 2000 DataCenter | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | N/A | Supported |
| Windows 2000 Advanced Server | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | N/A | Supported |
| Windows 2000 Server | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | N/A | Supported |
| Windows 2000 Professional | N/A | N/A | Supported | Supported | Supported | N/A | Supported |
| Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | N/A | Supported |
| Windows NT 4.0 Server | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | N/A | Supported |
| Windows NT 4.0 Workstation | N/A | N/A | Supported | Supported | Supported | N/A | Supported |
| Microsoft Windows 98 | N/A | N/A | Supported | N/A | Supported | N/A | N/A |
| Microsoft Windows CE | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Supported | N/A |
Note The client software from all SQL Server 2000 editions, except SQL Server CE, runs on any version of Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Microsoft Windows 98. Only the server components, such as the database engine and the Analysis server, are limited to specific versions of the operating systems. For example, although the database engine for SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition does not run on Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT Workstation, or Windows 98, the SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition compact disc can be used to install the client software on any of these operating systems.
All of the software from SQL Server CE runs exclusively on the Windows CE operating system.