Several other products were built on the codebase of Windows Server 2003, such as the updated version of Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, Windows XP Professional 圆4 Edition, Windows Small Business Server 2003 and Windows Home Server. NET Framework 2.0, Microsoft Management Console 3.0, Virtual Server 2005 and Windows Services for UNIX. It replaces Windows 2000 Server and was eventually succeeded by Windows Server 2008.Ī major update called Windows Server 2003 R2 was released on 6 December 2005, although unlike server versions with the R2 moniker that were in fact based on newer Windows versions, it was still built on the same codebase as the original version. It was released in several editions, including Web Edition, Standard Edition, Datacenter Edition and Enterprise Edition. It is the server counterpart of Windows XP, although it was released nearly 18 months after its original release and is built on a slightly newer codebase (kernel version 5.2 rather than 5.1). Windows Server 2003 is a major release of Windows Server released on 24 April 2003.