Outlook 2007 improvements in the February 2009 cumulative update

Speedier Outlook, reliable, faster shutdowns, some calendar fixes and others

Outlook 2007 SP2 (which is supposed to hit before April) has introduced performance optimizations, fast shutdown, calendar fixes and a number of other fixes.

A hotfix/rollup of the performance/fast shutdown is available now. If you are experiencing shutdown or performance issues with ZCO we recommend installing the hotfix.

Details the fixes in the hotfix and what is in SP2 is listed here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968009

The update are downloadable here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961752/

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967688/

Notable performance improvements:

   * General Responsiveness
     SP2 reduces I/O disk usage and UI response time.
   * Startup
     SP2 removes long operations from initial startup.
   * Shutdown
     SP2 makes Outlook exit predictably despite pending activities.
   * Folder/View Switch
     SP2 improves view rendering and folder switching.