Announcing Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Microsoft Project 2007 and Microsoft Project Server 2007
Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Office Project 2007 and Office Project Server 2007 has been released to the Microsoft Download Center! It includes all the fixes prior to SP2 (including the February 2009 Cumulative Update), and also several enhancements to Project Standard and Professional, Project Server, SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
Before you install this service pack there are some very important things to understand. In this mail I'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.
I also encourage everyone to attend the Project 2007 Service Pack 2 Overview webcast scheduled for April 29 at 8 am Pacific Time, and April 30 at 5 pm Pacific Time (webcast details are posted on EPMConnect). Adrian Jenkins and Christophe will cover the following topics during the webcast: SP2 Overview, April Cumulative Update Overview, Deployment Best Practices, Next Steps, Questions and Answers.
Service Pack 2 (SP2) Description
Description of Office Project 2007 Service Pack 2 and Office Project Language Pack 2007 Service Pack 2 | 953326 | https://support.microsoft.com/kb/953326 |
Description of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 and of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack Service Pack 2 | 953338 | https://support.microsoft.com/kb/953338 |
Description of the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2 and the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Language Pack Service Pack 2 | 953334 | https://support.microsoft.com/kb/953334 |
Service Pack 2 (SP2) Download Center Page
Service Pack 2 (SP2) Deployment Resources
Deploy Service Pack 2 for Office Project Server 2007 | https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637740.aspx |
Deploy Project Server 2007 updates | https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd630752.aspx |
Deploy software updates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 | https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288269.aspx |
Deploy software updates for Office SharePoint Server 2007 | https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263467.aspx |
Create an installation source that includes software updates (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0) | https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287882.aspx |
Create an installation source that includes software updates (Office SharePoint Server 2007) | https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261890.aspx |
Service Pack 2 (SP2) Related Technical Resources
Project Service Pack 2 High Level Benefits Project Standard and Project Professional
- The scheduling engine, Active Cache, and Gantt charts all have improvements.
- There is additional reliability with earlier versions of the .mpp format.
Project Server
- Better memory management in the queue service.
- Performance to certain database table indexes is improved.
- Resource plans, build team, cost resources, and the server scheduling engine have improved.
Once your farm has been properly updated the new SP2 product version will be: 12.0.6422.1000.
Getting Ready for Project Server 2010
As part of the SP2 release we announced the following requirements for the next release of SharePoint and Project Server: Windows Server 2008 and 64 bit. We will be publishing guidance on how to upgrade your existing Project Server 2007 farm to Windows Server 2008 64 bit in the coming weeks on TechNet. Expect full system requirements for Project Server 2010 at a latter date.
Please note we will release a Service Pack 2 for Project Portfolio Server 2007 within the next two months, I will send an email once it has been released.
Comments
Anonymous
April 28, 2009
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July 02, 2009
Is project server sp1 compatible with MSP sp2?Anonymous
July 06, 2009
See the "before you begin" section in this article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637740.aspx You don't need to install project server sp2 but you at least need to install a hotfix.Anonymous
October 08, 2009
Just want to clarify. I can install SP2 client side without SP2 server side as long as i have february cumulative installed server side?