Steps required to install Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Service Pack 2 on existing SharePoint Farm

Finally Microsoft has released long waiting MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 SP2. You can download MOSS 2007 SP2 and WSS SP2. For new installations of Windows SharePoint Services, you can also download WSS 3.0 with SP2.

 

If you want to see a list of all SP2 released on 28th April, then follow this KB Article:

 

Installation steps are straight forward, if you have already installed SharePoint 2007 in previous occasions.

 

In this article, I have explained each step with screen shots, which is required to upgrade your existing SharePoint 2007 or WSS 3.0 environment.

 

Let me first tell you about detail of my environment.

 

Servers: 1 Virtual PC (32 bit Windows Server 2008 OS including Domain Controller)

Software installed: MOSS 2007 with SP1

 

In order to upgrade my MOSS farm to SP2 release, I have to first install WSS 3.0 SP2.

 

 

Download Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=79BADA82-C13F-44C1-BDC1-D0447337051B&displaylang=en

 

Step 1: Right click EXE and click Run as Administrator. You only have to do this, if you are running this EXE on Windows Server 2008 Operating System

Make sure you have download correct version of executable i.e. 32 bit for 32-bit OS and 64-bit for 64-bit OS.

 

 

 

Step 2: Accept license agreement and Click Continue

 

 

 

Step 3: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Installation will begin.

 

Step 4: Click NEXT to start the WSS 3.0 SP2 wizard.

 

Step 5: Click YES to restart the services.

 

Step 6: Click NEXT to start the configuration wizard.

Step 7: You will be prompted to install WSS 3.0 SP2 on other SharePoint Servers in the Farm. Now logged into other SharePoint Servers and Install WSS 3.0 SP2 and run configuration wizard and leave the configuration wizard at this stage. Repeate the same step for all other SharePoint Servers. Once you are done with all other SharePoint Servers then go back to the server, where you have first started to install WSS 3.0 SP2 and Click "OK".

Step 8: Now confguration wizard will start to update SharePoint databases.

 

Step 9: Configuration wizard is installed successfully. Now go back to other SharePoint Servers in the farm and complete the WSS 3.0 SP 2 upgrade.

 

 

Step 1:Right click and run MOSS 2007 SP2 EXE as Administrator, if you are using Windows Server 2008 OS

 

Step 2: Accept the license agreement and Click Continue.

 

Step 3: Installation package will start and check for any previous update i.e. WSS 3.0 SP2

Step 4: Once update detection is completed, MOSS 2007 SP2 installation will start. Installation of MOSS 2007 will take atleast 20 minutes so be patient!

Step 5: SharePoint configuration wizard will automatically start. Click NEXT to Continue.

Step 6: Click Yes to continue.

Step 7:Click Next to complete the wizard

 

Step 8:At this step, go to other SharePoint Servers in the farm and install MOSS 2007 SP2 and leave the installation at the same stage. Once you are done with other SharePoint servers, then come back to the server where you have started MOSS 2007 SP2 upgrade process and Click OK to continue.

 

Step 9: SharePoint databases will be updated at this stage.

Step 10: SharePoint Configuration Wizard is successfully completed. Now logged into other SharePoint Servers and complete the upgrade process.

Step 11: Now you can open Central Administration to check the version number of MOSS 2007 is updated. SP2 version number is 12.0.0.6421

 

 

Please write your comments to provide your experience of upgrading MOSS 2007 to SP2.