OK let me guess .. you, the web surfer, are reading this now because you ran into this problem, googled "install exchange 2003" known compatibility, and came up with this page. Well if you're too lazy to click on your back button, i'll fill you in. When I looked, the second web page that came up after this forum was a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555285
Interestingly the above Microsoft article is dated April of 2005, JUST LIKE ALL THE POSTS ON THIS TOPIC (until now anyway).
Can you guess what the MS KB article says? Yup.
"Dude, just install it"
OK that's my version. Here's the actual text:
RESOLUTION
Although there are several issues (read info in the More Information section further down) to be aware of when dealing with Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 1 on Exchange 2003 Service Pack 1 Servers, you can simply ignore this Warning Message and click Continue.
THIS IS MICROSOFT SAYING THIS!
Don't feel too bad. I actually lost one of my biggest clients because they said that I had to do something that they themselves said I must not do under any circumstances, and refused to elaborate when I asked whether I should actually do it or not, and I picked the wrong one. Err on the side of whatever your judgment tells you makes the most sense, and go down knowing you know what the heck you're doing.
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