Windows Products and Technologies History

In 1988, Microsoft formed what would become the development team for the Microsoft Windows NT® product. The team's goal was to develop a 32-bit, multipurpose operating system in anticipation of a PC chip architecture that was still a few years away. Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 is the evolution of the server operating system that Microsoft began with the release of the first version of Windows NT Server in 1993.

Windows Server Products Today

Server products enable enterprises to build an integrated and flexible computing infrastructure. Microsoft offers several versions of its latest server operating system, Windows Server 2003.

To read more about how Windows Server products were developed, see the Windows Server Products History page. For the latest product information, see the Windows Server 2003 Web site. For information about the entire family of server products, see the Windows Server System Web site.