Microsoft BackOffice Server

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Microsoft BackOffice Server was a computer software package featuring Windows NT Server and other Microsoft server 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 back office 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 Windows Server branded as Windows Small Business Server. BackOffice Server itself was discontinued on October 1, 2001.

1 Software Included
2 Versions
3 Requirements
4 See also
5 External links

Software Included

Besides Windows NT Server, versions of BackOffice Server suite also included Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft 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). The "Small Business" editions omitted SNA Server and SMS.

Versions

late 1994 — BackOffice 1.0

late 1995 — BackOffice 1.5

April 25, 1996 — BackOffice 2.0

December 1996 — BackOffice 2.5

December 9, 1997 — BackOffice Server 4.0

January 12, 1999 — BackOffice Server 4.5

February 28, 2001 — BackOffice Server 2000

Requirements

Backoffice server 4.5 with 1 server license and 5 clients access licenses (CAL) marketed for $675US. It required 2 Gigabytes minimum hard drive space, a minimum processor type of Pentium Pro 200 MHz, and a minimum RAM size of 128 megabytes.