Transcript What Nicole Has Learned about Patching SharePoint

Patching Your SharePoint
Server
NICOLE BIRD
JUNE 24, 2009
What version are you at now?
 Central Administration > Operations > Servers in
Farm
 Check this post for version / patch relationship:
http://www.sharepointdevwiki.com/display/SharePoint
AdministrationWiki/SharePoint+Versions
(shows up to June Cumulative as of 7/09)
Resources
 Technet Update Resource Center for SPPT
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb735839.aspx
Step 1 - links for WSS and MOSS have different text, but they link to the same video.
Produced 3/08 but still relevant.
Step 2 - separate sites for WSS and MOSS.
Step 3 - Remember, MOSS servers run on WSS, so you have to install WSS patch
first, the MOSS patch.
We do not install Language Packs, so I can’t speak to that. I do know they have to be
installed after updates, and again must install WSS then MOSS.
Resources (cont)
 MS ‘owners’ of Office (not just SharePoint) updates:
http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained
_engineering/default.aspx
 In June, there was an Excel patch that affected Excel
Services in MOSS.
SP2 Notes
 Caused MOSS licenses to revert to trial version!
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HOTFIX IS NOW OUT: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971620
Manual fix: CA > Ops > Convert License Type > Enter the Product
Key
 Issue: Failed to execute request because the App-Domain
could not be created. FIX: wssFarmService account
applied at WSS folder level and down to web.config
 SP 2 was released just before April Cumulative Update:
http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2009
/05/01/faq-concerning-cumulative-updates-for-april-2009-and-theservice-pack-2-for-the-2007-microsoft-office-system-and-microsoftoffice-servers.aspx
What if I have errors?
 Start here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954713/
 Try here:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Search/en-US/
 Stay informed:
subscribe to any RSS feeds where you find good help!
Other Tips
 First thing after each update, rename the update
log file. I just append the patch &/or date to it.
 Bonus tip: Create a desktop shortcut to the 12 hive
folder
Target = C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
/n,/e,C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\web server extensions\12\LOGS
 and a link for CMD to open the 12 hive directory.
http://itfootprint.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/sha
repoint-12-hive-in-one-click/
Have you seen this?
We use Office 2007 at Roanoke County.
When I was in a Checked Out, edit mode version of a
document from a WSS library I would periodically
try to Save and it would be in Read Only mode.