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Microsoft BackOffice Server was a family of bundled Server s and Operating System sold during the 1990s and early 2000s . It was based on Windows NT Server and was for use in branch operations and for small businesses. The small business edition though of BackOffice Server was spun off by its third release. Eventually BackOffice Server itself was discontinued, and small business server became a variant of Windows Server 2003 , branded as '''Windows Small Business Server 2003''' available in a standard and a premium edition.

Besides Windows NT Server, versions of BackOffice Server suite also included Microsoft SQL Server , Microsoft Systems Network Architecture (SNA) Server, Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS), Microsoft Mail Server or Microsoft Exchange Server , Microsoft Proxy Server or Microsoft Internet Security And Acceleration (ISA) Server , and Internet Information Services (IIS).


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  • late 1994BackOffice 1.0

  • : includes Windows NT Server 3.5 , SQL Server 4.21a, SNA Server 2.1, SMS 1.0, and Mail Server 3.2.


  • April 25 1996BackOffice 2.0

  • :includes Windows NT Server 3.51, SQL Server 6.0 or 6.5, SNA Server 2.11, SMS 1.1, IIS 1.0, and Exchange Server 4.0.


  • December 9 1997BackOffice Server 4.0

  • :includes Windows NT Server 4.0, SQL Server 6.5, SNA Server 4.0, SMS 1.2, IIS 4.0, Exchange Server 5.5, Proxy Server 2.0, Index Server 2.0, Transaction Server 2.0, FrontPage 98, and Visual InterDev 1.0.

  • January 12 1999BackOffice Server 4.5

  • :includes Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4, SQL Server 7.0, SNA Server 4.0, SMS 2.0, IIS 4.0, Exchange Server 5.5, Proxy Server 2.0, Index Server 2.0, Transaction Server 2.0, Internet Explorer 5.0, FrontPage 2000, and Visual InterDev 6.0.




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Microsoft Small Business Server