Microsoft this week released Office 2007 Service Pack 2 for both their Office Products and Server products which they are advertising as providing new bug fixes and improving stability and performance. I can’t think of a reason why you wouldn’t want to go grab these installs immediately and get them installed however before you run out and grab them, you should keep a few things in mind.
Microsoft Office 2007 SP2
The SP2 update appears to make significant changes in the PST and OST data structures improving performance (Disk IO) and efficiency. So keep in mind the FIRST time you open Outlook after the upgrade you should expect the upgrade process to take anywhere from 2 minutes to 2 hours depending on the size and number of your PST and OST files.More information on the PST/OST changes can be found here: KB968413Because the PST and OST process could take HOURS, Microsoft recommends you perform the upgrade END OF DAY and then open Outlook before you go home.Significant Stability improvements which previously caused Outlook to become unresponsive.Search Reliability improvements when used with Windows Desktop Search 4.Many Calendar improvements are included with Office 2007 SP2 which help with Dupe copies of meetings, disappearing meetings and meetings that have been removed from the organizer but still appear on attendee calendars. Much groovy goodness here!POP Mail and IMAP changes which improve the experience for users. Downloading message bodies for iMAP for instance no longer stops Outlook from responding. That’s a good thing I’m going to guess. POP also appears to be optimized to download the newest e-mail first.RSS – Fewer DUPE itemsOutlook Start Time improved by 2X.Shutdown time should be faster as it no longer waits for external references to be released.A full workbook is available for download which includes all issues fixed by the SP2 release – Download the 2007 Office Service Pack 2 Changes.xlsx package now
Microsoft Office 2007 Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Microsoft® Office Basic 2007Microsoft® Office Enterprise 2007Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007Microsoft® Office Professional 2007Microsoft® Office Professional Plus 2007Microsoft® Office Small Business 2007Microsoft® Office Small Business Management 2007Microsoft® Office Standard 2007Microsoft® Office Ultimate 2007Microsoft® Office Access® 2007Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007Microsoft® Office InfoPath® 2007Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007Microsoft® Office Publisher® 2007Microsoft® Office Word 2007Microsoft® Office OneNote® 2007Microsoft® Office Groove® 2007
The 2007 Microsoft Office Servers Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007Microsoft® Office Forms Server 2007Microsoft® Search Server 2008Microsoft® Search Server 2008 ExpressMicrosoft® Office Groove® Server 2007, 64-Bit Edition
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