dwinter's [MSFT] WebLog : Patching

December Cumulative Update for SharePoint has released

dwinter — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:48:00 GMT

On the SharePoint team blog, you can find a more detailed post announcing the release of the December CU and providing detail on a new package that we are shipping from this point forward:
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/12/17/announcing-december-cumulative-update-for-office-sharepoint-server-2007-and-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0.aspx

While the packages are physically large, they do include everything. It doesn't hurt you if you don't have something installed, it is simply skipped. We believe that this will greatly reduce the complexity of managing the patching of your systems. We are continuing to work to update content in general in this area and will specifically be making an update to the deployment documents in January to reflect this new methodology.

August Cumulative Update guidance provided

dwinter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:16:00 GMT

The SharePoint Product Group has provided us with some further guidance on what is currently needed to build a server up so that it is running the most up-to-date code. To get the details, read:

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/09/29/announcing-august-cumulative-update-for-office-sharepoint-server-2007-and-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0.aspx

Patching Presentation video is now available for download

dwinter — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:08:00 GMT

We got the video of my patching presentation posted from the SharePoint 2008 conference. There truely is a lot of great information here, and this download will be referenced from many Microsoft locations as a must see when it comes to patching SharePoint.

Here are the links:

News Story - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc706878(TechNet.10).aspx

Download Link - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=121946&clcid=0x409

Enjoy!

Patching presentation from SPC2008

dwinter — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:33:00 GMT

I have gotten a few requests for the Patching presentation that was done at SPC2008. You can log in with your MySPC account if you were an attendee and get access to all of the powerpoint files, if you have need for them before the DVD. If you specifically need the patching one, I annotated each slide with basically what I said--so if you need to re-present it/etc, go ahead.

http://www.mssharepointconference.com/Session_Presentations/AG313_Dan%20Winter_v02.pptx

I did want to say that I had a tremendous time at the conference. I met some folks face to face that I have worked with for years (you know who you are), which was really quite special for me. I also met some new faces, MVP/etc, that I am looking forward to continuing to get to know. It truely was a great conference with a tremendous ammount of useful information and great sessions. If you want more of a recap of the highlights--I'd encourage you to go read what Joel wrote down over here: http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2008/03/07/man-what-a-week-sharepoint-conference-2008-recap.aspx

Hope to see you at the SharePoint Conference 2008

dwinter — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:24:00 GMT

I will be at the SharePoint Conference to present a session Tuesday morning (9am session) called:
Microsoft Product Support's look at understanding and deploying hotfixes, public updates, and Service Packs for WSS and MOSS

Here is the session abstract:

Inevitably you will have to deploy a patch within your SharePoint environment. This may come in the form of a hotfix, a public update, or a Service Pack. This session will explore some of the internal mechanics of SharePoint patching technology while providing Product Support’s recommendations as to how most effectively deploy them. We also will explore some of the finer points of how to recover when patching fails.

Hopefully those of you that attend will find some useful takeaways. I'll also be at many of the other events including the Ask the Experts lunch session. I look forward to interacting with you there as well.