In preparation for Office 2007’s “end of mainstream support” coming up in April 2012, the Office Sustained Engineering team has announced the coming release of Office 2007/SharePoint Server 2007’s Service Pack 3.
Today we’re pleased to announce the 3rd (and likely final) Service Pack release for Office 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007. We are targeting a release date within Calendar Q4 2011. As we approach the date we will have more to share on exact timing.
We are offering this release in preparation for the April 2012 end of mainstream support for the 2007 client and server products. The October 2011 release provides a 6-month window to test and deploy the release prior to exiting mainstream support.
Upgrading to Office 2010 is also an option for those who are still using Office 2007. Office 2010 will remain in mainstream support until 2015, and this path provides a much better option for those looking to upgrade from Office 2003 prior to its end of life, scheduled for April 2014.
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For more about the Service Pack, what it contains for SharePoint Server 2007 and Office 2007, and the rough time frame of release, visit the announcement page at:
- INFO: Announcing Service Pack 3 for Office 2007 and SharePoint 2007
http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2011/10/06/announcing-service-pack-3-for-office-2007-and-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx
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