Microsoft heeft het tweede Service Pack voor Office SharePoint Server 2007 en Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 uitgebracht. Met SharePoint kan je een omgeving neerzetten waarop mensen eenvoudig samen kunnen werken. WSS 3.0 biedt basisfunctionaliteit voor het samenwerken, zoals teamsites, workspaces en workflows. OSS 2007 voegt op zijn beurt daar een berg aan functies aan toe, zoals portalsites, single sign on en business intelligence dashboards. Voor een overzicht van de mogelijkheden en de verschillen verwijzen we jullie door naar deze pagina. Jie Li heeft SP2 als volgt aangekondigd op het Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog:
Announcing Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
We are happy to announce that Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 has been released to the Microsoft Download Center. It includes all the fixes prior to SP2, and also several enhancements to improve server farm performance, availability and stability. Plus, a new stsadm operation has been added to help customers prepare for the upgrade to the next version of SharePoint. We recommend installing this new service pack and to help, I’ve assembled links to the KB articles, downloads, install steps and benefits.
KB Article Links
KB953338 - Description of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 and of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP2
KB953334 - Description of 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2 (SP2) and of 2007 Microsoft Office servers Language Pack Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Download Links
Service Pack 2 for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, x86 & x64
Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007, x86 & x64
Slipstream Builds For Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with SP2, x64
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with SP2, x86
Benefits
Customers can be benefited from the following enhancements with Service Pack 2.The full explanation of SP2 benefits can be downloaded here.
- Performance and Availability Improvements
Service Pack 2 includes many fixes and enhancements designed to improve performance, availability, and stability in your server farms, including:
- New Timer job automatically rebuilds content database index to improve database performance.
- When a content database is marked as read-only, the user interface will be modified so users cannot perform tasks that require writing to the database.
- Performance enhancement across nearly all the components.
- Improved Interoperability
Service Pack 2 continues to improve SharePoint interoperability with other products and platforms.
- Broader support of browsers. Internet Explorer 8 is added into Level 1 browser support. FireFox 3.0 is added into Level 2 browser support. (Firefox 2.0 is no longer supported by Mozilla)
- Provide improved client integration user experience with Form Based Authentication. Now the client application can store user credentials instead of asking for them every time. For more technical details please refer to the updated articles on TechNet.
- Getting Ready for SharePoint Server 2010
A new preupgradecheck operation is added to stsadm tool. It can be used to scan your server farm to establish whether it is ready for upgrade to SharePoint Products and Technologies "14". It identifies issues that could present obstacles to the upgrade process. It checks for several SharePoint Products and Technologies "14" system requirements, including the presence of Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 and a 64-bit hardware, and provides feedback and best practice recommendations for your current environment, together with information on how to resolve any issues that the tool discovers.
Related Technical Resources
Service Pack 2 Overview
Updates Resource Center for SharePoint Products and Technologies
The full list of changes can be found here: (Excel 2007 format)
- Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 Changes
- Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 Changes
Customers can also go to this KB article for a full list of downloads for Office System 2007 SP2.
Last but not the least important: the issue with mergecontentdb stsadm operation is fixed in SP2.
Jie Li
Technical Product Manager, SharePoint
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