SharePoint Versions – MOSS v. SharePoint Services
In this post I explained how to determine if your SharePoint installation is service packed, and to what level. However, the situation is a little more complex since your MOSS 2007 farm will be running Microsoft SharePoint Services 3.0 and MOSS on top.
When using Central Administration / Operations / Servers In Farm to report the version number you’re seeing the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 version number. This will be updated when you run the Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) service pack update.
So how do you find which service pack for MOSS you’re running with? One way is to find the version number of the Microsoft.Office.Server assembly from the Windows GAC (Global Assembly Cache). To do this:
- Run the Windows Explorer.
- Navigate to \Windows\Assembly.
- Right-click the file Microsoft.Office.Server and select Properties.
- Click the Version tab.
- Take a note of the “File Version”:
Here are the version numbers for the main MOSS services packs using this technique:
| Service Pack |
WSS Version (Central Admin) |
MOSS Version from Microsoft.Office.Server |
| Unserviced packed | 12.0.0.4518 | 12.0.4518.1014 |
| Service Pack 1 | 12.0.0.6219 | 12.0.6211.1000 |
| Service Pack 2 | 12.0.0.6421 | 12.0.6420.1000 |
Version numbers from the Microsoft.Office.Server assembly do not follow exactly those for the WSS reported version number, but there is a close correlation.
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