Microsoft has yesterday released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Microsoft Office System de 2007, with lots of optimizations on stability, performance and interoperability.

These tweaks include:

� Performance optimizations on Microsoft Office Outlook.

� Additional support to file formats ODF, PDF e XPS.

 

The SP2 optimizations will benefit server and client applications highlighting:

Office Desktop

� Outlook 2007 SP2 is 26% faster than it’s ancestor in box of usual tasks and even more faster (35%) with large mail boxes;

� Capacity to ungroup  SmartArt� graphics (and, as result, capacity to animate them on PowerPoint);

� A tool that allows to uninstall Office Service Packs.

 

Servers – performance and availability

� Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 2 improves a series of questions like security level, performance and stability on the ECM areas, Search, Excel Services and Form Services;

� Together with Office 2007 client, with Service Pack 2 it’s possible to record and open files in ODF formats directly in Sharepoint.

� Finally,  Service Pack 2 will offer different tools for developers which become easier the developing process for Office.

Knowledge Base article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968170 includes a complete list of updates.

The developing team elements of Office offer a vast of interesting and relevant information on the following blogs:

� Sustained Engineering blog – A detailed view about SP2

� Office Interoperability blog, Doug Mahugh – The additional formats supported by Office.

� Microsoft on the Issues blog – Discussion on format options of files.

� Gray Matter, Gray Knowlton – The perspective for community and development.

 

Where can you get Service Pack 2?

SP2 can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b444bf18-79ea-46c6-8a81-9db49b4ab6e5, which will also be available on Microsoft Update maximum term of 3 months.