Lastest WSS and MOSS Patches - 10/2008

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Please refer to the newest updates, posted here:

https://blogs.msdn.com/josrod/archive/2008/12/17/latest-wss-and-moss-patches.aspx

UPDATED: 12/11/2008 - 957693 was relased with 957175 built in (they are identical patches [complicated stort as to why this had to be]), so if you have installed 957693, you don't need to install 957175. If you installed 957175, you won't need to install 957693, when you install the Oct CU updates on your farm. Again, they are identical patches, so you only need to install one of them. If you try to install both, you will get an error message when you try stating that "this update is already installed."

 

Microsoft has released the October cumulative update (CU) packages for WSS 2007 and MOSS 2007. The WSS CU has two packages and MOSS has five packages.  

 

The information listed below assumes your farm has SP1 installed for both WSS and MOSS. If you are running a farm that is pre-SP1, you need to install WSS and MOSS SP1 prior to installing the updates below. If you are building a new farm using media with SP1 integrated, you have WSS and MOSS SP1 already, so you only need to install the updates below. Keep in mind, any updates that are labeld "Local" are language specific and may require you to install the same patch severals times, once for each language of MOSS you have installed. I have yet to figure out why the product group will sometimes release a single patch with all the languages included and sometimes the releaes a seperate patch for each lanaguage. I know most customers prefer a single patch, as it greatly reduce the number of patches you need to install, which is always a good thing. 

WSS Packages

  1. 957691 WSS Global – Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package (Sts.msp): October 28, 2008
  2. 956612 WSS Global (DST) – Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 that applies to daylight saving time (DST) changes

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Packages

  1. 957693 MOSS Global – SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (Coreserver.msp): October 28, 2008 (Not necessary if patch #8 has already been installed)
  2. 958567 MOSS Local – SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (Coreservermui.msp): October 28, 2008
  3. 955586 MOSS Local (DLC) – SharePoint Server 2007 post-2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 1 hotfix package (Dlcmui.msp): July 23, 2008
  4. 958569 MOSS Global (DLC) – SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (Dlc.msp): October 28, 2008
  5. 955937 MOSS Security – MS07-057: Security update for Excel Services in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: October 14, 2008
  6. 957694 MOSS Forms Server (MOSS Enterprise SKU only) – Forms Server 2007 hotfix package (Ifswfe.msp): October 28, 2008
  7. 951597 MOSS Security - MS08-069: Security Update for 2007 Microsoft Office System Servers: November 11, 2008
  8. 957175 MOSS Security – MS08-077: Security Update for 2007 Microsoft Office System Servers: December 08, 2008 (Not necessary if patch #1 has already been installed)

I can’t stress enough the need to review the software update procedures. Checking and removing orphaned content is a vital prerequisite for update installation, orphaned content will cause some packages to fail. One additional orphan check that is not detachable by STSADM -o databaserepair, that I also highly recommend running, is outlined here.

 

Deploy software updates for Office SharePoint Server 2007

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263467.aspx

 

Deploy software updates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288269.aspx