Last Wednesday, the SharePoint team announced the December Cumulative Updates for MOSS 2007 and WSS 3, on the team's blog.
There're a few key points about this cumulative update (quoted from the post):
- WSS continues to remain separate and is not included in the MOSS package
- All of the latest Global and Local patches for WSS are in the WSS package
- All of the latest Global and Local patches for MOSS (Excel Server, Document LifeCycle, etc are part of MOSS), InfoPath Forms Server, Project Server are in the Office Server package
- The list of what is in the package is an accumulation over time of what we have shipped since RTM
- The package includes the Infrastructure Update, there is no reason to install it separately.
For my on personal opinion, there are two great things in this update:
- The fact that it includes all the hot-fixes and updates up till now.
- The fact that it includes all the languages available.
I did many migrations' projects lately, and I have a couple of clients that just had a process of leveling and updating all of their environments. I can tell you for sure, that this update will defiantly save time.
To get more information on the updates, use the following links:
Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 cumulative update package: December 16, 2008
Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 cumulative update package: December 16, 2008
To request the updates, use the following links:
December Cumulative Update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
December Cumulative Update for Microsoft Office Servers
Reference:
Announcing December Cumulative Update for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 From Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog