Can I Run SMS 2003 on an NT 4.0 Server?

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I currently have an NT 4.0 Box with SMS 2.0 that crashed unrecoverably yesterday. I was planning on upgrading this server to Windows and SMS 2003 soon anyway, so I am wondering what steps need to take place to scrap the original and upgrade without rebuilding the NT 4.0 box.

Is there any problems that I will have with my existing clients if I upgrade the server to 2003? I do have the DB on tape, so I can restore the database if necessary.

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
You can't run an SMS 2003 Site Server or any of it's components on NT 4.0 so you'll need to upgrade the OS to Windows 2000 SP3 at a minimum.  So even if you want to install something like a Management Point or a Distribution Point the server on which you want to install the component needs to be running Windows 2000 SP3 or later.
 

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