What Are Windows Server 2003 Service Packs?

What Are Windows Server 2003 Service Packs?

Only two Service Packs are available for Windows Server 2003. Service Pack 3 is not available for Windows Server 2003. These service Packs or feature packs help the purpose of updating, fixing and enhancing a software program provided in the form of the single installable package.

Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003 provides enhanced the safety, increased dependability, as well as an easy administration to help enterprise clients across all industries. Service Pack 2 is a collection of updates as well as security enhancements to the recent Windows Server 2003 OS. SP2 tightens the security of your Windows Server and improves its reliability and performance.

What Are Windows Server 2003 Service Packs?

A Microsoft Windows Service Pack is a cumulative update to an edition of Microsoft Windows operating system. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is a server operating system released on April 24, 2003 developed by Microsoft. It included several features of Microsoft Windows XP and is the successor to Microsoft Windows 2000 Server.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 was released to manufacturing on December 6, 2005, the updated version of Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Microsoft Windows Server 2008, the successor to Microsoft Windows Server 2003, was released on February 4, 2008. The kernel used in Windows Server 2003 was later adopted in the development of Microsoft Windows Vista.

On July 14, 2015, Microsoft has ended support for the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system. After this date, the product or operating system will no longer receive the following updates:

• Software and content updates.
• Security patches that help protect computers from harmful viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
• Assisted technical support from Microsoft.

As of July 2014, there were about 12 million physical servers worldwide still running Microsoft Windows Server 2003. The following are the Service Packs you can download for Microsoft Windows Server 2003:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (x86)
• Update to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (KB898715) – this update is intended for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 which fixes issues with Windows Installer 3.1 and installation of protected system files. This patch is for Windows XP Professional (x64 only) and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 both x86 and x64.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (x86)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (x64)