Hardware Design Guide for Windows Server
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| Hardware Design Guide Version 1.0 (SDG 1.0) and FAQ |
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Design Guides: Purpose, News, and Feedback
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This page provides information about Hardware Design Guide for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. This series of server design guides (SDGs), co-authored by Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation, provides design guidelines for engineers who build server systems, expansion cards, and peripheral devices using the Microsoft Windows Server family of operating systems.
The server design guides describe features that the hardware industry should consider in designing servers and peripherals for various price and performance levels, resulting in the opitmal user experience for server systems running Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003.
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Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0 (SDG 3.0)
Intel and Microsoft worked with the industry to create Version 3.0 of Hardware Design Guide for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (also commonly referred to as "Server Design Guide 3.0" or SDG 3.0). This new version includes design information related to 64-bit Windows, new technologies, and new features that will be supported in future versions of Windows 2000.
Hardware Design Guide for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Version 3.0 (SDG 3.0) in HTML Help Format
(261 KB file in HTML Help format; searchable, with a table of contents and index; file date: June 30, 2000)
Hardware Design Guide for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Version 3.0 (SDG 3.0)
(1.1 MB Microsoft Word format; published: June 30, 2000, Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation)
Hardware Design Guide Version 2.0 (SDG 2.0) and FAQ
Server Design FAQ for Version 2.0 (HTML)
Server Design FAQ for Version 2.0 (Download)
(Download: 304 KB Microsoft Word format; published: July 2, 1999, Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation)
Hardware Design Guide for Microsoft Windows NT Server, Version 2.0 (SDG 2.0) (Download)
(Download: 1.1 MB file in Microsoft Word format; published: July 22, 1998, Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation)
The Server Design FAQ for Hardware Design Guide Version 2.0 for Microsoft Windows NT Server provides clarifications, updates, and a master list of answers to frequently asked questions.
Hardware Design Guide Version 1.0 (SDG 1.0) and FAQ
FAQ for Hardware Design Guide Version 1.0 (HTML)
Hardware Design Guide Version 1.0 for Microsoft Windows NT Server (SDG 1.0) (Download)
(Download: 1 MB file in Word format; published: October 10, 1997, Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation)
Resources
Support and resources from Microsoft:
| • | Technical Support: If you have technical questions about driver development for Windows 2000, please contact Microsoft Technical Support at (800) 936-3500 (or your local subsidiary) and ask for DDK Support. See also the Web site supporting developers at http://msdn.microsoft.com/support/. |
| • | Microsoft Platform SDK, DDK, and Related Technical Libraries: MSDN Professional subscription:
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Information on server design issues from Microsoft:
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