Office 2003 cumulative update packages - Released on December 15, 2009

The following cumulative update for the Office 2003 core suite applications and servers was released on December 15, 2009.

The cumulative update packages for December 2009 contain the latest hotfixes for Office 2003 Service Pack 3, Office Project 2003 Service Pack 3, Office Project Server 2003 Service Pack 3, Office Visio 2003 Service Pack 3, Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 3, and Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 3. The cumulative updates for Office do not affect Office public updates, such as security updates or Office service packs.

Office 2003 cumulative update packages

Visit the following Website to download the December 2009 cumulative update packages for Office 2003:

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Cumulative update (CU)

  • Hotfixes are released every two months.
  • Available hotfixes include the following:
    • Fixes for issues that meet hotfix acceptance criteria.
      These criteria include workaround availability, the effect on customers, reproducibility, the complexity of the code that must be changed, and so on. These criteria did not change.
    • Any critical on-demand hotfixes that are currently released.
    • Any critical security or non-security updates that are currently released.

Critical on-demand hotfix

  • A critical on-demand (COD) hotfix is available to address critical problems that cannot be handled by using the cumulative update delivery cycle. The issue must meet certain criteria before a COD hotfix can be released. These criteria include a lack of an effective workaround, a critical business effect, and so on.
  • The hotfix is released on or before a mutually agreed-upon date that is based on the customer’s need.
  • This hotfix build can contain one or more fixes.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Office 2003 Weblinks / Tools / Resources