The "Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 2 deployment guide" technical paper is available (840235)

The "Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 2 deployment guide" technical paper describes the best practices for deploying Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 2 (SP2). The purpose of this paper is to provide Exchange deployment experts with in-depth technical information about the changes that are introduced by Exchange 2000 SP2. This paper also provides real-world tips and tricks for deployment.

The following teams contributed to the production of this paper:

Microsoft Exchange Server Development Team
Microsoft Exchange Joint Development Program (JDP)
Management Team Microsoft Exchange Beta Technology Support (BTS)
Microsoft Exchange User Experience (UE)

Note This paper is intended for advanced-level Exchange 2000 administrators. We recommend that you have a solid understanding of large and complex Exchange 2000 environments before you read this paper. Exchange 2000 SP2 contains fixes for issues that were reported since the initial release of Exchange 2000. Most of these issues pertain to the overall performance of the product, while others pertain to critical problems that were found in the original code. Exchange 2000 SP2 resolves these issues and therefore enhances the performance, stability, availability, and functionality of servers that are running Exchange 2000.