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Microsoft has released a filter pack (collection of iFilters) which will provide search indexing for a variety of Microsoft Office documents.  The filters are compatible with a majority of the big search products, including:

SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Search Server 2008
Search Server 2008 Express Edition
Exchange Server 2005
SQL Server 2005/2008
Windows Desktop Search 3.1/4.0.

The Microsoft Filter Pack provides iFilters for the following file type extensions:

.docx (Microsoft Office 2007 Word Document)
.docm (Microsoft Office Word Macro-Enabled Document)
.pptx (Microsoft Office 2007 PowerPoint Presentation)
.xlsx (Microsoft Office 2007 Excel Worksheet)
.xlsm (Microsoft Office Excel Macro-Enabled Worksheet)
.xlsb (Microsoft Office Excel Binary Worksheet)
.zip (WinZip File)
.one (Microsoft Office OneNote Section)
.vdx (Microsoft Office Visio Drawing)
.vsd (Microsoft Office Visio Drawing)
.vss (Microsoft Office Visio Stencil)
.vst (Microsoft Office Visio Template)
.vsx (Microsoft Office Visio Stencil)
.vtx (Microsoft Office Visio Template)

NOTE The current release is available in English only supporting both x86 and x64 systems. 

To download the Microsoft Filter Pack or to learn more visit:  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=60C92A37-719C-4077-B5C6-CAC34F4227CC&displaylang=en."

Microsoft has released a filter pack (collection of iFilters) which will provide search indexing for a variety of Microsoft Office documents.  The filters are compatible with a majority of the big search products, including:

SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Search Server 2008
Search Server 2008 Express Edition
Exchange Server 2005
SQL Server 2005/2008
Windows Desktop Search 3.1/4.0.

The Microsoft Filter Pack provides iFilters for the following file type extensions:

.docx (Microsoft Office 2007 Word Document)
.docm (Microsoft Office Word Macro-Enabled Document)
.pptx (Microsoft Office 2007 PowerPoint Presentation)
.xlsx (Microsoft Office 2007 Excel Worksheet)
.xlsm (Microsoft Office Excel Macro-Enabled Worksheet)
.xlsb (Microsoft Office Excel Binary Worksheet)
.zip (WinZip File)
.one (Microsoft Office OneNote Section)
.vdx (Microsoft Office Visio Drawing)
.vsd (Microsoft Office Visio Drawing)
.vss (Microsoft Office Visio Stencil)
.vst (Microsoft Office Visio Template)
.vsx (Microsoft Office Visio Stencil)
.vtx (Microsoft Office Visio Template)

NOTE The current release is available in English only supporting both x86 and x64 systems. 

To download the Microsoft Filter Pack or to learn more visit:  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=60C92A37-719C-4077-B5C6-CAC34F4227CC&displaylang=en."

Office 2007 SP1, WSS 3.0 SP1, and MOSS 2007 SP1 have been released on Microsoft.com

The downloads can be found at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb735839.aspx

Here are links to additional information:
MOSS SP 1 Fixlist KB – http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942390
MOSS SP 1 Description KB – http://support.microsoft.com/?id=936984
WSS SP 1 Fixlist KB – http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942388
WSS SP 1 Description KB – http://support.microsoft.com/?id=936988
How to Deploy SP 1 KB – http://support.microsoft.com/?id=945013

Office 2007 SP1, WSS 3.0 SP1, and MOSS 2007 SP1 have been released on Microsoft.com

The downloads can be found at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb735839.aspx

Here are links to additional information:
MOSS SP 1 Fixlist KB – http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942390
MOSS SP 1 Description KB – http://support.microsoft.com/?id=936984
WSS SP 1 Fixlist KB – http://support.microsoft.com/?id=942388
WSS SP 1 Description KB – http://support.microsoft.com/?id=936988
How to Deploy SP 1 KB – http://support.microsoft.com/?id=945013

Here's a quick and dirty on how to enable Session State within your MOSS 2007 farm.

aspnet_regsql.exe -S  <server_name>  -d  <database_name>  -ssadd  -sstype c  -E

where:
<server_name>  is the database server where your database is located
<database_name>  is the content database of your shared services provider

Run aspnet_regsql.exe /?  for more information on the remaining options

Here's a quick and dirty on how to enable Session State within your MOSS 2007 farm.

aspnet_regsql.exe -S  <server_name>  -d  <database_name>  -ssadd  -sstype c  -E

where:
<server_name>  is the database server where your database is located
<database_name>  is the content database of your shared services provider

Run aspnet_regsql.exe /?  for more information on the remaining options

Here's a quick easy way to modify the icons SharePoint displays for different file types.  This procedure can also be used to configure an icon for a custom file type you may have.

1.  Open the 12 Hive (C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12)

2.  Browse to the …TEMPLATEXML folder

3.  Open the DOCICON.XML file

4.  Modify an existing record, or add a new one.

Here's an example of an XML file that a customer of mine was working with and the corresponding entry I added:

Invoice.cif  
<Mapping Key="cif" Value="iccif.gif"  EditText="Customer Invoice File" OpenControl=""/>

The Value property of the node points to the /_layouts/images virtual path which can be found in the 12 Hive in .TEMPLATEIMAGES   - put your (.gif) icon image there.

Here's a quick easy way to modify the icons SharePoint displays for different file types.  This procedure can also be used to configure an icon for a custom file type you may have.

1.  Open the 12 Hive (C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12)

2.  Browse to the …TEMPLATEXML folder

3.  Open the DOCICON.XML file

4.  Modify an existing record, or add a new one.

Here's an example of an XML file that a customer of mine was working with and the corresponding entry I added:

Invoice.cif  
<Mapping Key="cif" Value="iccif.gif"  EditText="Customer Invoice File" OpenControl=""/>

The Value property of the node points to the /_layouts/images virtual path which can be found in the 12 Hive in .TEMPLATEIMAGES   - put your (.gif) icon image there.

Have you ever gone to create a Shared Services Provider only to discover that the Web Application dropdownlist(s) are missing your Web Applications?

Full description of the stsadm -o createssp  operation:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/667e8d5f-461d-4611-a35b-22bd554f6f6b1033.mspx?mfr=true

Have you ever gone to create a Shared Services Provider only to discover that the Web Application dropdownlist(s) are missing your Web Applications?

Full description of the stsadm -o createssp  operation:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/667e8d5f-461d-4611-a35b-22bd554f6f6b1033.mspx?mfr=true