SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 1: Overview

This series show you an overview, how to plan, install and verify a SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 deployment. It includes different parts regarding SharePoint Foundation 2010 as well as SharePoint Server 2010 including planning, preparation, installation and verification.

SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 includes cumulative updates from June 2010 to April 2011.

Here are the parts so far:

1. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 1: Overview
   
   
2. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 2: SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Preparation
3. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 3: SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Installation
4. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 4: SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Language Packs
   
   
5. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 5: SharePoint Server 2010 - Preparation
6. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 6: SharePoint Server 2010 - Installation
7. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 7: SharePoint Server 2010 - Language Packs
   
   
8. More SharePoint Tutorials

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Downloads

SharePoint Foundation 2010

• SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Service Pack 1
• SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Service Pack 1 Description (KB2460058)
• SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Service Pack 1 for Language Packs
• SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Service Pack 1 for Language Pack Description (KB2460059) 

SharePoint Server 2010

• SharePoint Server 2010 - Service Pack 1
• SharePoint Server 2010 - Service Pack 1 Description (KB2460045)
• SharePoint Server 2010 - Service Pack 1 for Language Packs
• SharePoint Server 2010 - Service Pack 1 for Language Packs Description (KB2460056)

SharePoint Designer 2010

• SharePoint Designer 2010 - Service Pack 1 (KB2460057) 64-bit Edition
• SharePoint Designer 2010 - Service Pack 1 (KB2460057) 32-bit Edition

Office Web Apps 2010 

• Office Web Apps 2010 - Service Pack 1
• Office Web Apps 2010 - Service Pack 1 Description (KB2460073)

Search

• Search Server 2010 - Service Pack 1
• Search Server 2010 - Service Pack 1 Description (KB2460070)
• FAST Search Server 2010 - Service Pack 1
• FAST Search Server 2010 - Service Pack 1 Description (KB2460039)

Groove Server

• Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Groove Server 2010 (KB2460067)
• Description of Groove Server 2010 SP1

Project Server

• Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Project Server 2010 (KB2460047)
• Description of Project Server 2010 SP1

Other

• Service Pack 1 for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Client Object Model Redistributable (KB2508825) 64-bit Edition
• Service Pack 1 for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Client Object Model Redistributable (KB2508825) 32-bit Edition
• Service Pack 1 for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Indexing Connector for Documentum (KB2460054)
• Description of SharePoint 2010 Indexing Connector for Documentum SP1

Fixes and new features

SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 includes cumulative updates from June 2010 to April 2011. Additionally it has the following enhancements and new features:

• Shallow copy functionality
  Allows you to move a site collection from one content database to another without moving unstructured data (RBS). See the white paper for requirements.
• Site-level recycle bin 
  Allows you to recover deleted sites and site collections.
• Improvements to storage management
  Gives you a granular insight into storage allowing you to clean large content on sites.
• Additional browser support
  IE9 (in IE8 standards mode) and Chrome are now supported
• Cascading filters for Performance Point services
• Improved backup / restore functionality for SharePoint Server
• Support for SQL Server 2011 (Denali)

Source:

• Announcing Service Pack 1 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010
• Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (white paper)

Resources

There are a lot of resources out there regarding Service Pack1 for SharePoint 2010 which is still growing at this time:

• White paper
  • Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (white paper)
• Resource Center
  • Updates for SharePoint 2010 Products 
  • Latest SharePoint Software Updates
• TechNet
  • Deploy software updates for SharePoint Foundation 2010
  • Deploy software updates for SharePoint Server 2010
• Blog
  • SharePoint Team Blog - Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2010 Products is Now Available for Download
  • June 2011 CU for SharePoint 2010 has been re-released
  • Patching Office Web Apps to SP1 and June CUs including SharePoint Server 2010
  • So What the Fuss? - Service Pack 1 and June 2011 CU for SharePoint 2010
  • SharePoint 2010 SP1 and the June Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2010
  • Be Careful When You Use Slipstreamed SharePoint Installation Files
  • Changes to Social Computing features in SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 1

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