{"id":61,"date":"2009-04-16T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dontpapanic.com\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2009-04-16T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T23:45:00","slug":"sp2-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dontpapanic.com\/blog\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"SP2 is coming"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In all the excitement about the establishment of a name and broad dates for release of the next version of SharePoint it would be easy to overlook the upcoming release of a mere service pack.  <\/span>But don\u2019t miss out on the release of this one.  <\/span>Each time Microsoft has released a service pack or update for SharePoint there has been a marked improvement in functionality and stability.  <\/span>SP2 will be no exception and the Office Service Pack team just announced that the it will be available on April 28th.  <\/span>A short list of anticipated improvements for your SharePoint server is quoted from the release announcement below.  <\/span>You\u2019ll want to read the release announcement to look at all the changes in store for the whole office platform.  <\/span>You can read the whole announcement <\/font>here<\/font><\/a>.  <\/span>In two weeks I\u2019ll add a link pointing to where you can download the Service Packs for WSS and MOSS.<\/font><\/p>\n

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server SP2 include fixes and enhancements designed to improve performance, availability, and stability in your server farms. SP2 provides the groundwork for future major releases of SharePoint Products and Technologies. <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n