Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Service Pack 1

Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 2000 is available for download here. The download page labels the files as for the Enterprise version, but they're for both Standard and Enterprise. 

At the same page, U.S. and Canadian customers can also order a 3-CD set that includes Microsoft Outlook 2002, Microsoft Outlook 2001 for Macintosh, and Microsoft Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server SP1. In other countries, you'll probably need to go through your local Microsoft web site or office.

SP1 includes several significant new features, including a new version of Mailbox Manager for Exchange 2000 and full support for web forms.

Microsoft recommends that you install Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 before installing Exchange 2000 SP1. For other critical issues that you should consider when planning your SP1 rollout, check the Release Notes.

Fixes & Features | OWA and Other Client Updates | Mailbox Manager | More Information

Fixes & Features

XGEN List of Bugs Fixed in Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 1

Improvements include:

Free/busy calendar connector for Lotus Notes and Novell Groupwise

Mailbox Manager

Full support for web forms, plus FrontPage tools to help build web-based applications on the Exchange store

Virus Scanning API 2.0 -- Anti-virus software vendors will need to provide product updates to take advantage of the updated API. See XADM Event Logging in Exchange 2000 Server SP1 for Virus Scanning API 2.0

Exchange Server 5.5 migration tool -- Allows you to migrate mailboxes from an organization running Exchange 5.5 into a different Exchange 2000 organization

Support for Exchange 2000 running on Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with four-node clusters (3 nodes handling users, 1 node on standby).

The ability to associate an offline address list with a particular mailbox or mailboxes to show a filtered view of the Global Address List. See XADM Offline Address Book Cannot Be Associated with a Particular Mailbox.

You'll be able to install SharePoint Portal Server on the same machine as Exchange 2000 (though you might thing twice about whether you really want to do that).

For more information, see the Readme.htm file in the SP1 download.

Post-SP1 patches:

Exchange 2000 Information Store Post SP-1 Patch 4720.66

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-049 - Deeply-nested OWA Request Can Consume Server CPU Availability

XWEB Exchange 2000 Server Post-Service Pack 1 Web Client Fixes Available

XADM Exchange 2000 Server Post-Service Pack 1 Administrator Fixes Available

OWA and Other Client Updates

For Outlook Web Access, you must upgrade front-end servers to SP1 before upgrading OWA back-end servers. OWA improvements in SP1 include:

Ability to upload files to public folders

Deleted item recovery -- via the View Items command on the Options page

Week numbers in the Calendar -- optional setting on the Options page

Support for more languages

Better support for UNIX Internet Explorer clients

Also see:

XWEB Cannot Post to a Public Folder with Drag and Drop Posting Set to Forward

Mailbox Manager

More Information

WebCast- Overview of Exchange 2000 Server SP1