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Announcing the Infrastructure Update for Office Servers

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On July 15th, 2008 Microsoft announced the availability of the Infrastructure Update for Office Servers. The Infrastructure Update for Office Servers is a set of updates to improve platform performance and contain several customer driven fixes. The updates are applicable to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Microsoft Search Server 2008 & Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express, Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project 2007.

There are several noteworthy new features and fixes shipped in these updates for Project Server 2007 and Project 2007; specifically:

Project Server

  • Timesheets and My Tasks stability and usability improvements
  • Queue Management user interface improvements
  • Logging Tracing improvements
  • Project Server performance improvements
  • Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007 migration fixes
  • Database performance improvements to enhance the cube building process and Project Professional Save/Publish scenarios

Project Professional

  • Cost Resources calculation fixes
  • Improved Custom Fields stability
  • Improved local Project Cache stability
  • Fixed Excel Import problem

Please read Project 2007 Infrastructure Update Release for Server and Client to learn about its content in detail.

The Infrastructure Updates are available as free downloads to customers via the download center on https://www.microsoft.com/download.

Before you install the Infrastructure Update there are some very important things to understand.  In this post we'll try to provide you with the resources you need to be successful in your updates.  It is essential that you understand the appropriate links, and thoroughly read the guidance and test out the patch in a separate environment prior to a production rollout. 

Full installation instructions and guidance is provided in the Knowledge Base articles linked from the download pages for each update along with existing TechNet guidance for patching Office Servers. The links are also included further on in this Q&A, but for reference, the following products require the following updates to be applied.

  • If you are running SharePoint Server 2007 you should install the Infrastructure Update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (KB951695) first and the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (KB951297) second.
  • If you are running Project Server 2007 you should install the Infrastructure Update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (KB951695) first and the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (KB951297) second. You should also then install the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Project 2007 (KB951547) on all Project 2007 client PC's.

Read more about the new SharePoint features here

Read more about the new Search features here

Read more about the Content Deployment updates here

Knowledge Base Articles

 

Descriptions    
Infrastructure Update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 KB951695

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/951695
Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers KB951297 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/951297
Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Project 2007 KB951547 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/951547
Fixes    
Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Project 2007 KB953751 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/953751
Infrastructure Update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 KB953749 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/953749

Installation Instructions

It is strongly recommended that you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 and Office Servers Service Pack 1 before installing the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (KB951297) and the Infrastructure Update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (KB951695).

The installation process will incur server and farm downtime that you will need to plan for - the updates should be installed on all servers in a farm.

Downloads

  x64 x86
Infrastructure Update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (KB951695) https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3A74E566-CB4A-4DB9-851C-E3FBBE5E6D6E&displaylang=en https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=256CE3C3-6A42-4953-8E1B-E0BF27FD465B&displaylang=en
Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (KB951297) https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6E4F31AB-AF25-47DF-9BF1-423E248FA6FC&displaylang=en https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3811C371-0E83-47C8-976B-0B7F26A3B3C4&displaylang=en
Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Project 2007 (KB951547)   https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F385ADB8-0425-4BA4-BECE-7664B8F49D12&displaylang=en

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is Office Servers Service Pack 1 (SP1) a prerequisite or installed as part of this fix?
A: No. Our supportability commitments to customers include providing the ability to install hotfixes on the two most recent versions of a product, in this case RTM and SP1. So installing these updates directly onto an RTM server is not blocked and will install some of the fixes shipped in Office Servers Service Pack 1, but only those that are contained in files that are changed by the Infrastructure updates.

Q: Can I uninstall the server updates?
A: No. The Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (KB951297) and the Infrastructure Update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (KB951695) cannot be uninstalled. Both updates make database schema changes.

Q: Can I install the " Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Project 2007 (KB951547)" Project 2007 client update without installing the " Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (KB951297)" on the server?
A: Yes, the "Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Project 2007 (KB951547)" includes fixes for both client/server communication and local client features, so if you don't have Office Project Server 2007 but use Office Project 2007 client this update can be safely installed and you will be able to take advantage of all the client updates.

Q: Where can I find information on Service Pack 1 for Project Server and Project Professional 2007?

A: Please check the following: https://blogs.msdn.com/chrisfie/archive/2007/12/12/announcing-the-release-of-epm-2007-service-pack-1.aspx 

Q: What if I have an issue that isn't addressed by this update?
A: If your customer has a specific issue that these updates do not address you should follow the Microsoft Support process to log the issue and request a hotfix.

Comments

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    July 15, 2008
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    July 15, 2008
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    July 15, 2008
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    July 15, 2008
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    July 15, 2008
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    July 15, 2008
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    July 17, 2008
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    July 21, 2008
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    July 24, 2008
    We released to web early this week (7/15) three new important updates that affect SharePoint Server 2007

  • Anonymous
    August 07, 2008
    On July 15, 2008 we released the Infrastructure Update: Announcing the availability of the Project and

  • Anonymous
    January 16, 2009
    I have applied Infrastructure update and August update. Now I am having more problems than earlier...

  1. On PWA home page, I can't have remiders webpart.
  2. From Manage Queue, I can not see any job information.
  3. I can not do force checkin, it throws an error. In server logs, I also found erros such as System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Could not find stored procedure 'MSP_WEB_PWS_GetRiskListIds' System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Procedure or function MSP_ProjQ_Get_Status_Of_Jobs_List has too many arguments specified. Any help in this regard is much appreciated.
  • Anonymous
    January 16, 2009
    I have applied Infrastructure update and August update. Now I am having more problems than earlier...
  1. On PWA home page, I can't have remiders webpart.
  2. From Manage Queue, I can not see any job information.
  3. I can not do force checkin, it throws an error. In server logs, I also found erros such as System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Could not find stored procedure 'MSP_WEB_PWS_GetRiskListIds' System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Procedure or function MSP_ProjQ_Get_Status_Of_Jobs_List has too many arguments specified. Any help in this regard is much appreciated.