This white paper describes features that are included in Microsoft® SharePoint® Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Microsoft Windows® SharePoint Services Service Pack 2 (SP2). It also provides best practices and guidance about how you can architect your solutions considering the current and future versions of SharePoint Products and Technologies.
Four new enhancements are being delivered in late 2005 for SharePoint Products and Technologies. Not all enhancements apply to both Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server, as illustrated in the following table.
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WSS with SP2 |
SPS with SP2 |
| Ability to run on Microsoft Windows Server™ 64-bit versions |
Yes |
Yes |
| Use of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 |
Yes |
Yes |
| Improved extranet deployment options |
Yes |
Yes |
Support for the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
Common Language Runtime (CLR) and ASP.NET 2.0 |
Yes |
No |
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