2007 Office System SP2 Boosts Interoperability

Mark Voermans — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:43:00 GMT

Service Pack 2 (SP2) for the 2007 Microsoft Office system includes major performance enhancements for Office applications, most notably Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. One big benefit is SP2’s boost to interoperability, in particular for additional built-in file formats such as PDF and ODF.

Users should notice the improved performance and stability of Outlook, better charting functionality in Excel, and more control over the appearance of SmartArt graphics.

On the server side, IT professionals will notice several enhancements to the security and performance of SharePoint Server 2007, including support for read-only content databases, improvements to forms-based authentication, and an STSADM command-line utility that enables administrators to scan sites that use the variations feature for errors. SharePoint Server will also feature better support for newer versions of the Firefox browser.

ISVs who support Office System as a platform are able to support various document formats and collaborative with the rest of the industry to create interoperable products. ISVs and developer can make any third-party document format a first-class citizen in Office. This means Office will support most government-preferred formats, and can easily be made to support any others that come along.

For a comprehensive list of features included in SP2, see Office 2007 Service Pack 2 Kiosk.

You can download SP2 today. SP2 will be available through Microsoft Update’s automatic update mechanism about three months from now.

Mark

Release Candidate Service Pack for Windows Vista & Server 2008 on MSDN

Mark Voermans — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:47:37 GMT

Release Candidate build of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 is released to testers. A single service pack applies to both Vista and Server 2008. Now available for testers as a standalone package, through Windows Update, and disks through MSDN and TechNet. The release date for SP2 versions for Vista and Windows Server 2008 is not announced yet

Service Pack 2 includes:

· Hardware ecosystem support and enhancements

· Operating system experience updates

· Enterprise improvements

· Setup and deployment improvements, The SP2 standalone installer

A summary of what is included in the release, see the ARS Technica article, Testers get SP2 Release Candidate for Vista and Server 2008.

The release date for final SP2 versions for Vista and Windows Server 2008 has not been announced yet

Mark

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