MOSS 2007 / WSS 3.0

Microsoft has communicated an update on the retirement date for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007. The official retirement date is July 13th. That means roughly 3 additional months compared to the normal retirement timeframe of “Next Service Pack release date plus 12 months”. Official information can be found on the Microsoft lifecycle page.

Here is some information from the Microsoft lifecycle page for WSS 3.0: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 11/12/2007 Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product’s support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy at https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport. WSS 3.0 […]

In an earlier article I discussed the possibilities to monitor a system for SPSite/SPWeb leaks using the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\HeapSettings        SPRequestStackTrace = 1 Although this is a very nice registry key helping to isolate such leaks easily it is not recommended to use this registry key on a production system for […]