MSDE 2000 System Requirements

Published: June 2, 2003

Review the table below to determine the minimum system requirements needed to run Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000).

To use MSDE 2000, you need the following:

Minimum Requirements

Processor

Intel Pentium or compatible 166-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor

Operating System

MSDE 2000 can run on the following Microsoft Windows operating systems:

•	Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition¹
•	Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition^*
•	Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition^*
•	Windows Server 2003, Web Edition^*
•	Windows 2000 Server
•	Windows 2000 Advanced Server
•	Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
•	Windows NT Server 4.0 with Service Pack 5 (SP5) or later
•	Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition, with SP5 or later
•	Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with SP5 or later
•	Windows XP Professional
•	Windows XP Home Edition
•	Windows 2000 Professional
•	Windows 98
•	Windows Millennium Edition

Memory

•	Windows XP: 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM
•	Windows 2000: 64 MB of RAM
•	All other operating systems: 32 MB of RAM

Hard Disk

44 MB of available hard disk space

Drive

CD-ROM drive

1	Windows Server 2003 requires SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 or later to be applied.