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WSS 3.0 Service Pack 2 is now available!

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953338 Description of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 and of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP2

https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;953338

Download links:

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (x86)

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=79BADA82-C13F-44C1-BDC1-D0447337051B

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (x64)

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=20A100C0-BD58-40CD-A5D9-36C1986FBED9

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack Service Pack 2 (x86)

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=085E5AC8-58F6-4CF9-8012-33B95EE36C0F

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack Service Pack 2 (x64)

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2C2B6CAF-B46D-45EB-AC4D-DEAAA48C3A2C

Downloadable list of issues that are fixed:

https://download.microsoft.com/download/C/2/C/C2C36159-600C-4EEA-B80A-F988EE7A418F/2007%20Office%20Service%20Pack%202%20Changes.xlsx

Service Pack 2 includes all public updates, security updates, cumulative updates, and hotfixes that were released through February 2009. It is recommended that you have 5x to 6x the size of the package free to have a successful deployment; this has increased from the requirements needed for SP1.

Service Pack 2 has some areas of improvement. These include:

Faster more reliable content migration and data backup/restore

Reduced memory consumption

Smoother upgrade experience

Significant database performance adjustments

Updated integration for forms authentication

Advanced permissions management

Helpful administrative tools, which I will cover in a separate post

Expanded browser compatibility

One tool administrators should take note of is the Pre-Upgrade Checker, which ships in the service pack. This can be used to assess the server for potential upgrade issues you may run into when you are planning for the next version of WSS.

Service Pack 2 also adds host header-based site collection crawling for WSS, which was lacking in the product previously.

Service Pack 2 adds stsadm commands to help you list and delete site collections in your farm. Please review the following KB article for more information:

https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;968787

Please take note of the following KB article:

Known issues that you may experience when you install the 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 2 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2

https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;968173

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