If I am running Windows server 2003 on my web server which is also my application server what special software would I need. For example, Apache on my web server and Oracle on my database server?

Or can I run SQL on my database server?

Or what other options do I have鈥opefully this makes since

If you're running Windows 2003, you should have IIS already installed. IIS is the web server built into the Windows 2003 operating system.

You can test this by opening a browser window and entering the following address: http://localhost

If this does not resolve to anything, you will need to verify that IIS is installed and running.

You can install Apache to run on Windows, but it is not easy and not as reliable as running on a UNIX variant OS.

The significant difference is the application programming environment you'll ultimately need to utilize. IIS would require .ASP or .NET while Apache would allow you to program in a number of languages including PHP and Ruby (both of which would require additional frameworks that aren't highly stable when running on Windows).

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You can run MS Internet Information Server as your webserver. It's already included with Server 2003 all you have to do is install it.

as for your database you can run Oracle, SQL, or any other database that runs on Windows.