[This post comes to us courtesy of Rituraj Choudhary from Commercial Technical Support]
This blogs post underlines the Product Support Lifecycle of the Windows Small Business Server 2003 and its individual components. The details can be found at: http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/.
We are publishing this information as SBS 2003 is nearing its end of support. Here are the individual products included with Windows Small Business Server 2003 and their support lifecycle timelines.
Products Released | Lifecycle Start Date | Mainstream Support End Date | Extended Support End Date | Service Pack Support End Date | Notes |
Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition | 12/16/2003 | Review Note | Review Note | 7/10/2007 | The support date for this product package is determined by its individual component product’s respective support lifecycles. Please review the individual component product’s support lifecycle to determine its length of support. |
Windows Small Business Server 2003 Service Pack 1 | 5/19/2005 | Review Note | Review Note | Support ends 24 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy here . | |
Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition | 9/1/2006 | Review Note | Review Note | The support date for this product package is determined by its individual component product’s respective support lifecycles. Please review the individual component product’s support lifecycle to determine its length of support. | |
Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Premium Edition | 9/1/2006 | Review Note | Review Note | The support date for this product package is determined by its individual component product’s respective support lifecycles. Please review the individual component product’s support lifecycle to determine its length of support. | |
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86) | 5/28/2003 | 7/13/2010 | 7/14/2015 | 4/10/2007 | |
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (32-bit x86) | 3/5/2006 | 7/13/2010 | 7/14/2015 | 4/14/2009 | |
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 | 3/13/2007 | Review Note | Review Note | Support ends 24 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy here . | |
Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9/28/2003 | 4/14/2009 | 4/8/2014 | 5/25/2005 | |
Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 | 10/19/2005 | Review Note | Review Note | Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy at http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport. | |
Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 | 6/3/2003 | 1/13/2009 | 1/14/2014 | ||
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 | 11/13/2006 | 10/9/2012 | 10/10/2017 | 1/13/2009 | Installed separately. Does not come with the installation media. |
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 3 | 10/24/2011 | Review Note | Review Note | Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy at http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport. | |
Windows Server Update Services 3.0 | 7/10/2007 | 7/10/2012 | 7/11/2017 | 7/14/2009 | |
Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 | 8/25/2009 | Review Note | Review Note | Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy | |
SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition | 11/30/2000 | 4/8/2008 | 4/9/2013 | 7/11/2002 | |
SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 | 5/6/2005 | Review Note | Review Note | Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy at http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport. | |
SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition | 1/14/2006 | 4/12/2011 | 4/12/2016 | 7/10/2007 | |
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 | 12/13/2010 | Review Note | Review Note | Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy at http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport. | |
Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 Standard Edition | 3/18/2001 | 4/11/2006 | 4/12/2011 | 2/18/2003 | |
Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 Service Pack 2 | 5/20/2004 | Review Note | Review Note | Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy at http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport. | |
Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 Standard Edition | 9/8/2004 | 10/13/2009 | 10/14/2014 | 3/11/2006 | |
Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 Service Pack 3 | 10/29/2007 | Review Note | Review Note | Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy at http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport. |
As of today, the products emphasized above are supported until their respective Extended Support End Date.