Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2000 is available for download
here.
The same download updates both Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange
2000 Enterprise Server.
You must install Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
before installing Exchange 2000 SP2. You cannot remove SP2 without
removing and restoring Exchange to the original system state. SP2
upgrades databases to a new version. For other critical issues that
you should consider when planning your SP2 rollout, see:
Exchange 2000 SP2
includes fixes that were previously publicly available. However, it
does not include certain post-SP1 hotfixes that were available only
from Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS). PSS will have
information on which fixes are included and, for those that are not,
whether SP2 updates are available. For details, see:
From the SP2 Deployment Guide, here are brief descriptions of the key
new features and enhancements:
Directory enhancements
Improvements to the DSAccess component, which
provides the underlying mechanism to support queries to the Active
Directory database, with a 60% rewrite between service packs
Automatic fail-Over for the Recipient Update
Service
Enhanced Support for One-Way ADC Recipient
Connection Agreements
Site Replication Service (SRS) Arbitration
Preference
Transport enhancements
New non-delivery report codes and
descriptions, plus other NDR improvements
PreSubmissionQueue queue (messages received
by the server, but not yet processed by the OnSubmission transport
event sinks) now exposed in the Exchange System Manager Console for
troubleshooting
Enhanced queue management -- better
information on messages waiting in queues, plus new performance
counters
Increased performance through asynchronous
delivery to local databases -- Previous versions used synchronous
threading.
Delivery Status Notification hooks for
transport event sinks
Link state suppression -- new registry
setting
Store and ESE enhancements
Improved virtual memory and thread
utilization
Content
indexing
Scheduled rebuilds no
longer necessary
Miscellaneous improvements to enhance the performance and
stability of the MS Search service
Enhanced Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) support and
Exchange Management Service -- DSAccess and Message Tracking WMI
providers
Directory Access user interface -- new tab on the server
properties dialogs
Enhanced message tracking -- Using the Message Tracking WMI
provider can improve search performance, especially across slow
LANs, from several hours to a few seconds.
Enhanced public folder management -- better performance and
error reporting
Enhanced Mailbox Manager -- custom folders now included, along
with stop function
Dr. Watson .NET support -- error report uploading
Mailbox attribute cleanup -- new option for cleaning up Exchange
attributes on Active Directory objects
Administrative Note field -- now exposed in Exchange System
Manager views
Warning raised if Apply Now is selected on a recipient policy
Troubleshooting
Archive sink -- new transport event sink to log all messages
passing through a transport
E2KDSInteg -- new tool to diagnose problems with Exchange
attributes on Active Directory objects
SMTP Reinstall tool -- re-registers the Exchange 2000 transport
and event sinks with the Windows SMTP service
For Outlook Web Access, you must upgrade front-end servers to SP2
before upgrading OWA back-end servers. Some improvements require
Internet Explorer 5.0 or later. OWA improvements in SP2
include:
Support for distribution lists in contacts folders
Log off button (though users still need to close browser windows
to truly log off)
Ability to turn various interface elements on and off
Better keyboard support -- Pressing the Delete key deletes;
pressing Esc closes a window. Home, End, and other navigation keys
also work.
New Search icon
New mail notification
and calendar reminders
Improvements to the
calendar and folder tree controls
Exchange Server 2003
Intelligent Message Filter (IMF)
