Windows Server 2003 platform SDK

Question

I am using Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise with SP2 and I want to install platform SDK.

But all I find is from here, and it is called Windows® Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK. I am confused about SP1. For my platform, should I use this version of platform SDK or some other later version (I think there should be SP2 platform SDK, but I did not find out.)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a55b6b43-e24f-4ea3-a93e-40c0ec4f68e5&displaylang=en

thanks in advance, George

Answer 1

Microsoft doesn't release an SDK for every service pack of every Windows version. Instead, they release service packs along with a system release whenever the system includes new functionality. So for developing on Windows 2003, the SP1 service pack will be fine. Other options include:

• the SDK for Windows 2003 R2
• the SDK for Windows Vista
• the SDK for Windows 7
• the SDK for Windows 2008

See the list of supported operating systems to verify that each of them supports Windows 2003.