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Chapter 2
In February of 2000, Microsoft released the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system family to the public. This collection of products provides a reliable, easy-to-use, and secure platform for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Though Microsoft Windows NT 4 supports SQL Server 2000, Windows 2000 provides a more robust environment for SQL Server 2000 systems. In fact, SQL Server 2000 was developed on systems that were running Windows 2000.