Bug In SharePoint Service Pack 2

No deja de ser una noticia preocupante, y si bien se de la existencia del mismo desde hace unos días, estaba esperando la confirmación en el Blog Oficial de SharePoint para poder comentárselas.

De que se trata, bien, básicamente todos quienes nos aventuramos a implementar el SP2 en entornos de PRUEBA, (Recuerden mis consejos sobre la implementación temprana de este tipo de Actualizaciones en entornos PRODUCTIVOS) notamos que SharePoint, pasa de Versión Registrada a Versión TRIAL luego que instalamos esta actualización, y si, no deja de ser un tema importante, tengan en cuenta que nuestros servidores EN PRODUCCION caducaran a los 180 Días.. La buena noticia es que ya se esta trabajando en el desarrollo de un Fix para esta situación, y de que podemos solucionar este inconveniente de forma manual :

• Debemos re-introducir la clave de producto en la administración central de SharePoint (KB article), a mediante la opción de Convertir el Tipo de Licencia en el Tab de Operaciones (Ultima Opción de la Columna de la Izquierda.)

Les dejo el Q&A directamente desde el articulo Oficial :

Q&A

Which products are affected by this?
Applying Service Pack 2 to any of the following products will result in this issue: Office SharePoint Server 2007, Project Server 2007, Form Server 2007, Search Server 2008 and Search Server 2008 Express.

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is not affected by this issue.

What can I do to fix it?
To work around this issue customers will need to re-enter their Product ID numbers (PID) on the Convert License Type page in Central Administration.  Please see this KB article for detailed steps. 

Customers can also wait for the hotfix (available for free from http://support.microsoft.com) to resolve this issue.

Product ID numbers (PIDs) can be retrieved by logging into the Volume Licensing Service Center.

Note: For Search Server 2008 Express the only way to resolve this issue is to apply the hotfix.

What is Microsoft doing to fix it?
Microsoft is working on a hotfix and public update for the product. We will update this blog post with details and a link to the hotfix as soon as it is available.

Do I need to update all of the servers in my farm?
No. The Product ID number only needs to be entered once.

What if I haven’t installed SP2 yet but want to? What should I do?
You can continue to plan for and install Service Pack 2 for SharePoint Server 2007 with the additional step of re-entering your Product ID number after the installation is complete by following the instructions in this KB article.

Does this issue impact anything else?
The issue only activates the product expiration date. The activation of the expiration date does not affect the normal function of SharePoint up until the expiration date passes, at which point SharePoint will be inaccessible for end-users. This issue does not affect customer’s data, configuration or application code.

I can’t find/don’t know my original PID, where can I find it?
Product ID numbers (PIDs) can be retrieved by logging into the Volume Licensing Service Center.