Show-Stopper bug in MOSS 2007 SP2

A bug in the recently released SP2 of MOSS 2007 causes a licensed installtion to 'expire' after 180 days as if it were a trial version. Once this happens users cannot access the sharepoint sites running on the affected server.

More details are here -

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/21/attention-important-information-on-service-pack-2.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971620

It also applies to Search Server 2008, Project Server 2007 and Forms Server 2007.

The fix for this, right now, is to run "Convert License type" in the Operations tab in the Central Admin.

MSFT is currently working on a Hotfix for this that should be out very soon!

SharePoint.Microsoft.com - Makeover

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com (microsoft.com/sharepoint) has got a total makeover with Silverlight navigation and javascript  divs. Usability of the site is amazing and the information is arranged very well.

The official announcement was made on May 20 and you can find the post here - 

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/20/sharepoint-on-sharepoint-launch-of-new-sharepoint-website.aspx

Great Job!

SKU Rocks

My dearest friend and ex-colleague Senthil Kulandai runs his own SharePoint blog at - http://skurocks.wordpress.com/.

He's a prolific blogger, master programmer and a great guy! You can find lots of useful articles and tit-bits on SharePoint & .NET there.

Keep rocking SKU!