The Office 2000 Network Platform

Network Operating Systems and Clients Supported by Office 2000

Microsoft Office 2000 supports most widely available network operating systems and network clients for file and printing services. Microsoft Office 2000 has been tested with the following network servers and clients.

Microsoft network operating systems and clients

Microsoft Office 2000 supports the following Microsoft network servers and clients.

Supported network servers

• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later, including support for Microsoft Gateway Service for NetWare and Services for Macintosh
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, including support for Microsoft Gateway Service for NetWare and Services for Macintosh

Supported network clients

• Microsoft Windows 95 with Service Pack 1 or later and Client for Microsoft Networks
• Microsoft Windows 98 and Client for Microsoft Networks
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

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Novell network operating systems and clients

Microsoft Office 2000 supports the following Novell network servers and clients:

Supported network servers

• Novell NetWare version 3.12 with year 2000 updates
• Novell NetWare version 4.11 with year 2000 updates
• Novell intraNetWare version 4.11 with Support Pack 5b and year 2000 updates

Note   Novell NetWare 5 was released late in the Microsoft Office 2000 development cycle. Due to significant changes, such as supporting TCP/IP natively, this version was not tested for full support.

Supported Novell network clients

• Microsoft Windows 95 with Service Pack 1 and Novell intraNetWare client version 2.5
• Microsoft Windows 98 with Novell intraNetWare client version 2.5
• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation with Service Pack 3 or later and Novell intraNetWare client version 4.30.410
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Novell intraNetWare client version 4.30.410

Supported Microsoft network clients

• Microsoft Windows 95 with Service Pack 1 or later and Client for NetWare Networks with Service for NetWare Directory Services
• Microsoft Windows 98 and Client for NetWare Networks with Service for NetWare Directory Services
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later and Client Service for NetWare
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Client Service for NetWare

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Banyan network operating systems and clients

Microsoft Office 2000 supports the following Banyan network servers and clients.

Supported network servers

• Banyan VINES version 6.4
• Banyan VINES version 8.5

Note   Banyan VINES version 6.x does not support long file names. Banyan VINES 7.x or later does support long file names. Also, Banyan requires upgrading to VINES version 8.5 for year 2000 support. For this reason, Microsoft Office 2000 testing was not performed on VINES version 7.x.

Supported network clients

• Microsoft Windows 95 with Service Pack 1 or later and Banyan VINES Enterprise Client 8.52 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows 98 and Banyan VINES Enterprise Client 8.52 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later and Banyan VINES Enterprise Client 8.56 for Windows NT
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Banyan VINES Enterprise Client 8.56 for Windows NT

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UNIX NFS clients

Microsoft Office 2000 supports the following UNIX NFS clients:

• Microsoft Windows 95 with Service Pack 1 or later and Sun Microsystems Solstice Network Client version 3.1
• Microsoft Windows 98 and Sun Microsystems Solstice Network Client version 3.1
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later and Sun Microsystems Solstice Network Client version 3.1
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Sun Microsystems Solstice Network Client version 3.1
• Microsoft Windows 95 with Service Pack 1 or later and FTP Network Access Suite version 3.0
• Microsoft Windows 98 and FTP Network Access Suite version 3.0
• Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later and FTP Network Access Suite version 3.0
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and FTP Network Access Suite version 3.0

Note   Microsoft Office 2000 testing is performed for Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.4 NFS services and Microsoft NT Services for NFS. Record locking in shared Microsoft Access database files (MDB) is not supported. Use of drive aliases is required for NFS client support.

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IBM network operating systems and clients

Microsoft Office 2000 supports the following IBM network servers and clients.

Supported network servers

• IBM OS/2 Warp LanServer version 4.1.1

Supported network clients

• Microsoft Windows 95 with Service Pack 1 or later and IBM Network Client version 4.1
• Microsoft Windows 98 and IBM Network Client version 4.1
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later and IBM Network Client version 4.2.2
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and IBM Network Client version 4.2.2

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Digital network operating systems and clients

Microsoft Office 2000 supports the following Digital network servers and clients.

Supported network servers

• Digital Pathworks version 5.0E for OpenVMS
• Digital OpenVMS v6.2 for Alpha

Supported network clients

• Microsoft Windows 95 with Service Pack 1 or later and Digital Pathworks 32 version 7.0
• Microsoft Windows 98 and Digital Pathworks 32 version 7.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later and Digital Pathworks 32 version 7.0
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Digital Pathworks 32 version 7.0

Note   Record locking in shared Microsoft Access database files (MDB) is not supported.

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LANtastic peer-to-peer network operating systems

Microsoft Office 2000 supports the following Artisoft LANtastic peer-to-peer networking software:

• Microsoft Windows 95 with Service Pack 1 or later and Artisoft LANtastic version 7.0
• Microsoft Windows 98 and Artisoft LANtastic version 7.0