Channel partners are miffed that Microsoft"s Exchange 2000 won"t run on Windows Server 2003.
Just two days before that operating system is to be released, partners are complaining about incompatibilities between Windows Server 2003 and existing Microsoft server applications installed at many customer sites.
For instance, neither Exchange 2000 nor Internet Information Services 5.0 will run on Windows Server 2003. SQL Server 2000 will run on Windows Server 2003 only with Service Pack 3 deployed, partners sources say.
"It would be much better to have Exchange 2000 on Windows 2003," said Walter Horowitz, president of Mardovar Networking, a reseller in Saundersville, R.I. "After all, we were able to keep Exchange 5.5 when we upgraded from Windows NT to Windows 2000."
Only Exchange 2003 will run on Windows Server 2003, which is due to launch Thursday after years of delays.