Microsoft BackOffice Server is a discontinued

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package featuring

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and other Microsoft

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products that ran on NT Server. It was marketed during the 1990s and early 2000s for use in branch operations and for small businesses to run their

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operations. The small business edition of BackOffice Server was released for versions 4.0 and 4.5. In 2000 it was spun off from the "BackOffice" brand, becoming a variant of

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branded as

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. BackOffice Server itself was discontinued on October 1, 2001.

Software included

Besides Windows NT Server, versions of BackOffice Server suite also included

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(SMS),

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Server or

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or Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server, and

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(IIS). The "Small Business" editions omitted SNA Server and SMS.

Versions

* late 1994 — BackOffice 1.0 – includes Windows NT Server 3.5, Microsoft SQL Server 4.21a, Microsoft SNA Server 2.1, Microsoft SMS 1.0, and Microsoft Mail Server 3.2. * late 1995 — BackOffice 1.5 – includes Windows NT Server 3.51, Microsoft SQL Server 6.0, Microsoft SNA Server 2.11, Microsoft SMS 1.1, and Microsoft Mail Server 3.5. * April 25, 1996 — BackOffice 2.0 – includes Windows NT Server 3.51, Microsoft Internet Information Services 1.0, Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 or 6.5, Microsoft SNA Server 2.11, Microsoft SMS 1.1, and Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0. * December 1996 — BackOffice 2.5 – includes Windows NT Server 4.0, Internet Information Services 2.0, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, Microsoft SNA Server 3.0, Microsoft SMS 1.2, Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0, Microsoft Proxy Server 1.0,

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1.1,

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3.01, and

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1.1 * December 9, 1997 — BackOffice Server 4.0 – includes Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3, Internet Information Services 3.0, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, Microsoft SNA Server 4.0, Microsoft SMS 1.2, Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0, Microsoft Index Server 2.0,

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2.0, Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Microsoft FrontPage 98, and

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1.0. * January 12, 1999 — BackOffice Server 4.5 – includes Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4, Internet Information Services 4.0, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 SP2, Microsoft SMS 2.0, Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 SP2, Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0, Microsoft Index Server 2.0, Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0, Internet Explorer 5.0, Microsoft FrontPage 2000, and Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0. * February 28, 2001 — BackOffice Server 2000 – includes

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, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft SMS 2.0, Microsoft Exchange Server 2000, Microsoft ISA Server 2000, and

Microsoft Host Integration Server Microsoft Host Integration Server (a.k.a. HIS) is a gateway application providing connectivity between Microsoft Windows networks and IBM mainframe and IBM i systems. Support is provided for SNA, 3270 (standard and TN3270), 5250 (standard ...

2000.

Requirements

BackOffice Server 4.5 with 1 server license and 5 clients access licenses (CAL) was marketed for US$675. It required 2 GB minimum hard drive space, a minimum processor type of

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200 MHz, and a minimum RAM size of 128 MB.

References

External links

Microsoft BackOffice Server
Archived documentation on Microsoft Technet {{DEFAULTSORT:Microsoft Backoffice Server BackOffice Server BackOffice Server

Software included

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Requirements

See also

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