Notizia importante relativa al Service Pack 2 di MOSS 2007

[Gabriele Del Giovine [MOSS Microsoft MVP]]

C'� una notizia importante relativa all'installazione della SP2 di MOSS
2007.
Nei giorni scorsi � stato rilevata un'anomalia introdotta dall'installazione
della SP2 in seguito alla quale la licenza del prodotto installato veniva
convertita comunque in Trial.
La soluzione � quella di reinserire il codice di attivazione in ogni server
MOSS della farm.

Questo il testo ufficiale del comunicato rilasciato sul blog del gruppo di
sviluppo di Sharepoint
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We take product quality seriously and make every effort to avoid and resolve
issues that adversely impact our customers. Unfortunately, we have recently
discovered a bug with Service Pack 2 (SP2) that affects all customers that
have deployed it for SharePoint Server 2007.

During the installation of SP2, a product expiration date is improperly
activated. This means SharePoint will expire as though it was a trial
installation 180 days after SP2 is deployed. The activation of the
expiration date will not affect the normal function of SharePoint up until
the expiration date passes. Furthermore, product expiration 180 days after
SP2 installation will not affect customer's data, configuration or
application code but will render SharePoint inaccessible for end-users.

We are working to release a hotfix to automatically fix this issue. A manual
work-around is currently available and involves customers re-entering their
Product ID number (PID) on the Convert License Type page in Central
Administration. For more information and detailed steps please read this KB
article<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971620>. (The KB link is not
currently active, it will be available within the next 48hrs)

We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may cause you.

Jeff Teper
Corporate Vice President
SharePoint.

Q&A

Which products are affected by this?
Applying Service Pack 2 to any of the following products will result in this
issue: Office SharePoint Server 2007, Project Server 2007, Form Server 2007,
Search Server 2008 and Search Server 2008 Express.
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is not affected by this issue.

What can I do to fix it?
To work around this issue customers will need to re-enter their Product ID
numbers (PID) on the Convert License Type page in Central Administration.
Please see this KB article<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971620> for
detailed steps. (The KB link is not currently active, it will be available
within the next 48hrs)

Customers can also wait for the hotfix (available for free from
http://support.microsoft.com) to resolve this issue.

Product ID numbers (PIDs) can be retrieved by logging into the Volume
Licensing Service
Center<https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter/Home.aspx?lc=1033>.

Note: For Search Server 2008 Express the only way to resolve this issue is
to apply the hotfix.

What is Microsoft doing to fix it?
Microsoft is working on a hotfix and public update for the product. We will
update this blog post with details and a link to the hotfix as soon as it is
available.

Do I need to update all of the servers in my farm?
No. The Product ID number only needs to be entered once.

What if I haven't installed SP2 yet but want to? What should I do?
You can continue to plan for and install Service Pack 2 for SharePoint
Server 2007 with the additional step of re-entering your Product ID number
after the installation is complete by following the instructions in this KB
article<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971620>. (The KB link is not
currently active, it will be available within the next 48hrs)

Does this issue impact anything else?
The issue only activates the product expiration date. The activation of the
expiration date does not affect the normal function of SharePoint up until
the expiration date passes, at which point SharePoint will be inaccessible
for end-users. This issue does not affect customer's data, configuration or
application code.

I can't find/don't know my original PID, where can I find it?
Product ID numbers (PIDs) can be retrieved by logging into the Volume
Licensing Service
Center<https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter/Home.aspx?lc=1033>.