Windows SharePoint Services
and Office SharePoint Server

Enhancements / Fixes and
Additions
 Better memory management and
performance
 Database performance
improvements, indexes rebuilt using timer job
 Site collections become read only when
database is set to read only
 More improvements to content deployment
 Better support for Office Clients using FBA
 Clients must have SP2

Enhancements / Fixes and Additions
 Better support for IE 8
 Better support for Level 2 Browsers
 Firefox 3
 Additional STSADM commands

And the ugly
 Before
 After

New STSADM Commands
 preupgradecheck
 variationsfixuptool
 enumallwebs
 exportipfsadminobjects
 listqueryprocessoroptions
 setqueryprocessoroptions

preupgradecheck
 Replacement to prescan.exe
 Uses rule files wss and oss
 Great tool to use now
 Installed features
 Language packs
 Sites and Servers
 AAM

variationsfixuptool
 Administrator tool to fix variations used
on publishing sites
 Ability to scan and fix errors in variation
pages

enumallwebs
 Shows all sites within a site collection
 Show all sites in a content DB
 Shows SiteID, WebIDs and....
 the Site Template used, great when
doing export and import jobs

exportipfsadminobjects
 export InfoPath Form Services admin
objects
 Exports as a CAB file
 No importipfsadminobjects??

listqueryprocessoroptions
setqueryprocessoroptions
 Listqueryprocessoroptions show the
current values
 Setqueryprocessoroptions use to
change values from default
 Settings are applied at the SSP level

setqueryprocessoroptions
 Securitytrimmingcachesize
 Used to increase cache size, decrease request for
security data from SQL
 Securitytrimmingmultiplier
 Used for large content base with limited user base
 Nearduplicatemultiplier
 Increase when you have multiple items that are similar
 Joinmultiplier
 Increase when you have items and metadata that are
similar
 Sdidjoinmultiplier
 Increase when you have many results being removed
via Search Results removal feature

STSADM additions
 Backup
 nositelock – used to prevent a sitelock being
applied during backup.
 Force – ignores disk space check
 osearch
 reprovisionindex
 Allows you to specify a new query server
with no downtime.

STSADM additions
 Updatefarmcredentials
 resume – similar to a force switch
 Deleteweb / deletesite
 Force
 Siteid
 Databasename
 databaseserver

Installing Service Pack 2
 ONE WAY STREET!!
 Find your license key
 Test first
 Backup

Installing Service Pack 2
 Both WSS and MOSS updates must be
applied
 32 or 64?
 Install WSS first
 Cancel the configuration wizard
 Install MOSS update
 Run configuration wizard
 Updates clients - SharePoint Designer

Slipstream
 Why?
 Copy your media to hard drive or USB
Download SP2 and run the following
 WSS
 wssv3sp2-kb953338-x64-fullfile-en-us.exe
/extract:c:\\WSS_SP2
 MOSS
 officeserver2007sp2-kb953334-x64-fullfile-en-us.exe
/extract:c:\\MOSS_SP2

Slipstream
 Copy all MSP files to \\x64\\updates or
\\x86\\updates directory
 Copy both WSS and MOSS files
 Remove wsssetup.dll for MOSS

Resources
 WSS KB article
 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953338
 WSS Fixes
 http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/A/3/7A3E2E01-5454-4427-95CB-
28CE84523B0A/Windows%20SharePoint%20Services%203.0%20Service%20
Pack%202%20Changes.xlsx
 MOSS KB Article
 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953334
 MOSS Fixes
 http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/1/F/41F3A698-55E8-40B4-A306-
AD6CF1F95394/2007%20Office%20Servers%20Service%20Pack%202%20Ch
anges.xlsx

Just when you thought it was under
control
April Cumulative Update
 WSS
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968850
 MOSS
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968851