CF7 on Windows Server 2008

Thanks Charlie, I appreciate the information!

Tim

Well, you have 3 questions here: support for 64 bit, support for Windows Server 2008, and support for CF7. Let's take them one at a time.

As for 64-bit, there's an important difference between being able to run on a 64-bit OS and being able to run in 32-bit or 64-bit mode on that 64-bit OS.

That said, only CF8 supports running in 64-bit mode. Further, in 8.0 it was only on Solaris, then 8.01 added Windows (including Server 2008 among others), Linux, and Mac.

64-bit mode is also supported only in CF8 Enterprise specifically (not Standard).

So you can run CF 8 Standard on a supported 64-bit OS, but only in 32-bit mode.

More on 64-bit support at the CF8.01 update FAQs:

"Does ColdFusion have 64-bit support?"
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb403277&sliceId=1#_Toc193176415 and

"Does ColdFusion Standard have 64-bit support?"
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb403277&sliceId=1#_Toc193176416

But you said you want to run CF7. Of course, that's not going to allow you to run in 64-bit mode, as discussed above. But you can at least install it on a 64-bit machine as long as it's a supported OS, running CF in in 32-bit mode. More on that at http://www.adobe.com/go/8be22ed6. Sadly, for you, Windows Server 2008 is NOT listed as a supported OS For CF7. More at http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/coldfusion7/systemreqs/.

To sumarize, you will need to move up to CF8 to get Win2k8 as a supported OS, then to 8.01 to get 64-bit support, and then only in CF8 Enterprise.

/charlie