T 5.0 was the successor of Windows NT 4.0 and it was the last version where the desktop and server versions used the same name. Windows NT server 5.0 also known as Windows 2000 server was released on February 17, 2000. Other additional hardware like VGA or SVGA compatible graphics card and CD-ROM are also required. RequirementĪn Intel 486/33 MHz or higher is needed with 16MB RAM and 125 MB free storage to run Windows NT 4.0. However, they have extended their support till June 30, 2004, while Windows NT 4.0 server mainstream support ended on December 31, 2002, and the extended support ended on December 31, 2004.īoth of the editions (workstation & server) were succeeded by the Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server. Mainstream support for Windows NT 4.0 workstation was ended on June 30, 2002. This edition embedded GUI (Graphical User Interface) similar to Windows 95.

NT 4.0 is the third successor of the Windows NT family. Whereas, the server was optimized for supporting up to 4 processors.

Both Windows NT Server and Workstation contain the same functionality. Windows NT server 4.0 is available in the workstation and server. The operating system was released to manufacturing on July 31, 1996, and was launched to retail on August 24, 1996. Some major features of Windows NT family include Windows Shell, Windows API, Active Directory, Group Policy, Native API, Hardware Abstraction Layer, NTFS, BitLocker, Windows Store, Hyper-V and Windows Update. Microsoft brought Windows NT 3.1 to improve Windows versions like Windows 1.0 or Windows 3.1 who were based on MS-DOS. Microsoft Windows NT series ended after the arrival of Windows 2000. Normally Windows NT series was supposed for the general purposes and to discontinue the Windows 9x family. NT family is a group of server-based operating systems who are processor independent, multiprocessing and multi-user based.

Windows 3.1x and Windows 9x were supporting both 16-bit and 32-bit architecture-based computers. NT server was the first stable 32-bit architecture support program which was quite a big deal back then. Windows NT servers are developed by Microsoft where the NT stands for “New Technology”. The first-ever Windows NT series was released on July 27, 1993.