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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">Microsoft BackOffice Server</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">Small Business Server in Microsoft's BackOffice product line</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> Corporation</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1994</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Final release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">2000
/ February 28, 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2001-02-28</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Windows_NT_Server" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows NT Server">Windows NT Server</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">As of</th><td class="infobox-data">February 2016</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Microsoft BackOffice Server</b> is a discontinued <a href="Computer_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer software">computer software</a> package featuring <a href="Windows_NT_Server" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows NT Server">Windows NT Server</a> and other Microsoft <a href="Server_(computing)" title="Server (computing)">server</a> 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 <a href="Back_office" title="Back office">back office</a> 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 <a href="Windows_Server" title="Windows Server">Windows Server</a> branded as <b><a href="Windows_Small_Business_Server" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Small Business Server">Windows Small Business Server</a></b>. BackOffice Server itself was discontinued on October 1, 2001.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Software_included">Software included</h2></div>
<p>Besides Windows NT Server, versions of BackOffice Server suite also included <a href="Microsoft_SQL_Server" title="Microsoft SQL Server">Microsoft SQL Server</a>, <a href="Microsoft_SNA_Server" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft SNA Server">Microsoft SNA Server</a>, <a href="Microsoft_Systems_Management_Server" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Systems Management Server">Microsoft Systems Management Server</a> (SMS), <a href="Microsoft_Mail" title="Microsoft Mail">Microsoft Mail</a> Server or <a href="Microsoft_Exchange_Server" title="Microsoft Exchange Server">Microsoft Exchange Server</a>, <a href="Microsoft_Proxy_Server" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Proxy Server">Microsoft Proxy Server</a> or <a href="Microsoft_Internet_Security_and_Acceleration_Server" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server">Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server</a>, and <a href="Internet_Information_Services" title="Internet Information Services">Internet Information Services</a> (IIS). The "Small Business" editions omitted SNA Server and SMS.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Versions">Versions</h2></div>
<ul><li>late 1994 — <b>BackOffice 1.0</b> – includes <a href="Windows_NT_3.5" title="Windows NT 3.5">Windows NT Server 3.5</a>, Microsoft SQL Server 4.21a, Microsoft SNA Server 2.1, Microsoft SMS 1.0, and Microsoft Mail Server 3.2.</li>
<li>late 1995 — <b>BackOffice 1.5</b> – includes <a href="Windows_NT_3.51" title="Windows NT 3.51">Windows NT Server 3.51</a>, Microsoft SQL Server 6.0, Microsoft SNA Server 2.11, Microsoft SMS 1.1, and Microsoft Mail Server 3.5.</li>
<li>April 25, 1996 — <b>BackOffice 2.0</b> – includes Windows NT Server 3.51, Microsoft Internet Information Services 1.0, Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 or 6.5, Microsoft SNA Server 2.11, Microsoft SMS 1.1, and Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0.</li>
<li>December 1996 — <b>BackOffice 2.5</b> – includes <a href="Windows_NT_4.0" title="Windows NT 4.0">Windows NT Server 4.0</a>, Internet Information Services 2.0, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, Microsoft SNA Server 3.0, Microsoft SMS 1.2, Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0, Microsoft Proxy Server 1.0, Microsoft Index Server 1.1, <a href="Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a> 3.01, and <a href="Microsoft_FrontPage" title="Microsoft FrontPage">FrontPage</a> 1.1</li>
<li>December 9, 1997 — <b>BackOffice Server 4.0</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – includes Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3, Internet Information Services 3.0, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, Microsoft SNA Server 4.0, Microsoft SMS 1.2, Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0, Microsoft Index Server 2.0, <a href="Microsoft_Transaction_Server" title="Microsoft Transaction Server">Microsoft Transaction Server</a> 2.0, Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Microsoft FrontPage 98, and <a href="Visual_InterDev" title="Visual InterDev">Visual InterDev</a> 1.0.</li>
<li>January 12, 1999 — <b>BackOffice Server 4.5</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – includes Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4, Internet Information Services 4.0, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 SP2, Microsoft SMS 2.0, Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 SP2, Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0, Microsoft Index Server 2.0, Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0, Internet Explorer 5.0, Microsoft FrontPage 2000, and Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0.</li>
<li>February 28, 2001 — <b>BackOffice Server 2000</b><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – includes <a href="Windows_2000_Server" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows 2000 Server">Windows 2000 Server</a>, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft SMS 2.0, Microsoft Exchange Server 2000, Microsoft ISA Server 2000, and <a href="Microsoft_Host_Integration_Server" title="Microsoft Host Integration Server">Microsoft Host Integration Server</a> 2000.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Requirements">Requirements</h2></div>
<p>BackOffice Server 4.5 with 1 server license and 5 clients access licenses (CAL) was marketed for US$675. It required 2 GB minimum hard drive space, a minimum processor type of <a href="Pentium_Pro" title="Pentium Pro">Pentium Pro</a> 200 MHz, and a minimum RAM size of 128 MB.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Windows_Small_Business_Server" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Small Business Server">Windows Small Business Server</a></li>
<li><a href="Back_Orifice" title="Back Orifice">Back Orifice</a></li></ul>
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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-78/microsoft-announces-backoffice-server-40">"Microsoft announces BackOffice Server 4.0"</a>. <i>ITProToday</i>. 1997-12-08<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-03-30</span></span>.</cite></span>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/bosi/default.mspx">Microsoft BackOffice Server</a> Archived documentation on Microsoft Technet</li></ul></div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
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