Zimbra installation in fully Windows environment

[Shrinivas]

Is there any Window 2003 based Zmbra installation version please? I found for Linux, Mac, sUSE but not for Windows

can I know the clear cut installation components for windows please?

I am getting confusded as I am a starter Zimbra wand please help me in this

Thanks in advance and thanks for your time

-Shrinivas

[Klug]

Hello, welcome to the forum.

Zimbra is not meant so be run on Windows 2003.
At all.

You can run it inside a VMWare if you want.

[Shrinivas]

but then how many operating systems does it support? Linux, AIX,?
Ajax client is it windows based?

how many components of Zimbra are Windows based? What database it requires
can somebody give a break up of the components I need to have if I have the framerwork of

1. Windows 2003
2. Linux 9.0
3. MS Exchange email server and client
4. SQL Server 2000

Please help me here
-Shrinivas

[phoenix]

This product is nothing to do with Windows, it's a Linux and MAC product. Some of the components have ports to Windows but postfix (the MTA) doesn't, therefore it won't run on Windows.

The Open Source version (there is a Network Edition for RHEL4, SLES9 & MAC OS X) available in Sourceforge are the only versions we supply, if you want to run it on any other platform you'd have to build it from source.

[Shrinivas]

But then does that mean Ajax client is not Windows based

Am I right to say that I can have

Server component - Linux/Mac based
client component - ?? (Ajax - windows based) Is it realy required or just an Internet explorer based access is enough?
MS Exchange server - mail MTA?
MYSQL or SQL Server2000 - which Database required?
MS exchange client

Please verify this

[Shrinivas]

But then does that mean Ajax client is not Windows based

Am I right to say that I can have

Server component - Linux/Mac based
client component - ?? (Ajax - windows based) Is it realy required or just an Internet explorer based access is enough?
MS Exchange server - mail MTA?
MYSQL or SQL Server2000 - which Database required?
MS exchange client

Please verify this

[Klug]

You should read a bit more the official website (and all docs available).

Zimbra is a all in one collaboration suite : it's not just a web interface (webmail).

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by Shrinivas

But then does that mean Ajax client is not Windows based

You can run the client in IE6 or FF on a windows system.

Originally Posted by Shrinivas

Am I right to say that I can have

Server component - Linux/Mac based
client component - ?? (Ajax - windows based) Is it realy required or just an Internet explorer based access is enough?
MS Exchange server - mail MTA?
MYSQL or SQL Server2000 - which Database required?
MS exchange client

Please verify this

It's not a package that can be split, it ALL runs on a linux server and you access it with the web client from any PC using your browser. Please read the documentation and features list to get an idea of what Zimbra is.

[ericbouchard]

Will the server run with the linux emulator cygwin on windows ?

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by ericbouchard

Will the server run with the linux emulator cygwin on windows ?

I doubt it very much and I wouldn't even bother trying. If you really want to run a test of Zimbra then download the VMware appliance or install it in a VM. You can get VMware Server for free from www.vmware.com - Zimbra does require a lot of dedicated memory, you'll need at least 1GB for the VM and possibly more plus good spec hardware.

If you wnat to see what Zimbra is like there's always the demo on the main zimbra site at www.zimbra.com