Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 was designed to support all the languages supported by the Microsoft Windows® 2000 operating system, including the Arabic language. In this article you will learn more details about this Arabic language support, including information about components, functions, and how the server supports Arabic data in Unicode and non-Unicode formats.

Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 was designed to support all local languages (other than English) that are supported by the Microsoft Windows Server® 2003 operating system, including the Arabic language. In this article you will learn details about Arabic language support, including information about components, functions, and how the server supports Arabic data in Unicode and non-Unicode formats.