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Windows SharePoint Services Updated
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/28/2005
Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft's free team collaboration technology for Windows file servers, learns a few new tricks in a service pack posted this week.
With the newly posted Service Pack 2, Windows SharePoint Services adds new extranet and intranet usage scenarios; supports x64 editions of Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and SQL Server 2005; and supports .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. The newly supported usage scenarios include reverse proxy, IP-bound virtual servers and off-box SSL termination.
SP2 for Windows SharePoint Services is available from the Microsoft Download Center here. The 5 MB download includes stability and performance improvements and all the fixes included in SP1.
In announcing the availability of SP2, a Microsoft spokesperson also noted that when Windows Server 2003 R2 ships, it will support "one-click installation" of Windows SharePoint Services. Microsoft is currently promising that Windows Server 2003 R2 will be released to manufacturing by the end of 2005.
About the Author
Scott Bekker is editor in chief of Redmond Channel Partner magazine.