Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) and Microsoft Office server systems in December 2007. At the same time, it published new guidelines for recommended hardware and operating systems to support those products. Those guidelines opened with this warning: “In planning your hardware, remember that this is the last version of SharePoint Products and Technologies that will run on 32-bit operating systems and databases.”

A few sentences later Microsoft upped the ante across the board. SQL 2000 is no longer an acceptable database for SharePoint, and Microsoft strongly suggests 64-bit hardware and software be used: “We highly recommend that you install front-end Web servers on 64-bit Office SharePoint Server 2007 on a 64-bit operating system, unless you have a significant business reason not to.”

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