Microsoft Office Systems 2007 – Service Pack 2

This article discusses the anticipated release of Microsoft Office Systems 2007 Service Pack 2, announced at TechEd in Barcelona, with a projected release between February and April 2009. It outlines client-side improvements such as enhanced Outlook calendaring reliability, better performance, support for charts in PowerPoint and Word, improved cryptographic functionality, Excel charting enhancements, SmartArt ungrouping, Visio UML export to XMI, and a service pack uninstall tool. Server-side updates from the SharePoint Team Blog include read-only content database improvements, ECM performance and manageability enhancements, automatic index rebuild timer jobs, and an upgrade checker for SharePoint farms. The article provides a summary and anticipates more details upon official announcement.