How to deploy the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 1 and Office Server Language Pack 2007 Service Pack 1

This article describes how to install the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 1 (SP1) and 2007 Microsoft Office Server Language Pack SP1.

To successfully install the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 1 (SP1) and 2007 Office Server Language Pack SP1, we recommend that you read the following information about how to deploy server updates before you upgrade to SP1.

The 2007 Office servers SP1

Before you install the 2007 Office servers SP1, be aware of the following information:

• Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) must be installed.
• Before you can install the 2007 Office servers SP1, and before you can complete the database upgrade, you must be logged on through an account that has administrative permissions on the Web front-end servers. Additionally, the account must meet one of the following requirements:
  • The account must be an administrator account.
  • The account must have at least the Database Creator role and the Security Administrator role.
    
    Additionally, the account must have database access to all the SharePoint Server databases on the computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server.
• The upgrade process may take a long time depending on the size of the farm and on the number of sites and databases. If you have a large farm, you can try other options to minimize downtime when you deploy the service pack. Thoroughly read the deployment documentation, and then review the options as they apply to the environment.

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Note When you view these TechNet articles, please remember that, although some text specifically mentions 2007 Office servers Service Pack 1, that the content also applies to 2007 Office servers Service Pack 2.

• For information about how to deploy software updates for SharePoint Server 2007, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263467.aspx (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263467.aspx)
• For information about how to deploy software updates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
  http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/WSS/en/library/91649a7e-6b5a-4e5a-9ee5-51951f4b857f1033.mspx?mfr=true (http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/WSS/en/library/91649a7e-6b5a-4e5a-9ee5-51951f4b857f1033.mspx?mfr=true)

Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

Before you install Project Server 2007 SP1, we recommend that you read the deployment document on the following Microsoft Web site:

Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007

Before you deploy Forms Server 2007 SP1, we recommend that you read the deployment document on the following Microsoft Web site:

Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007

Groove Server 2007 SP1 is available only for 64-bit edition-based computers, because Groove Server 2007 supports only the 64-bit platform. Before you install Groove Server 2007 SP1, we recommend that you read the deployment document on the following Microsoft Web site:

2007 Microsoft Office Server Language Pack SP1 for SharePoint Server 2007

Before you install SharePoint Server 2007 Language Packs SP1, be aware of the following information:

• You must first install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 and the 2007 Office servers SP1.
• If you have SharePoint Server 2007 and language packs installed, you must install both Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1 and SharePoint Server 2007 Language Packs SP1. Before you install SharePoint Server 2007 Language Packs SP1, we recommended that you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP1.

Before you install SharePoint Server 2007 Language Packs SP1, we recommend that you read the deployment document on the following Microsoft Web site:

Additional resources

For more information about how to deploy the 2007 Office system, visit the following Microsoft Web site: For more information about the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 1 (SP1), click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: