Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2. Both the Service Pack and Feature Pack updates are now ready for download on the Microsoft Download Center. Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008 includes new compatibility features with SQL Server 2008 R2, product improvements based on requests from the SQL Server community, and hotfix solutions provided in SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 1 to 8.
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SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Released
Posted by Vidhya Sagar
on April 7, 2009
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Today Microsoft has released the final version of Service pack 1 for SQL Server 2008. You can download it from the link below. Some of the new features are included in SQL Server 2008 service pack 1.
- Slipstreaming is an installation method that integrates the base installation files for a program with its service packs and enables them to be installed in a single step. You can slipstream a SQL Server 2008 update and the original installation media so that original media and the update are installed at the same time. The update setup documentation available from the Download Center has the most recent description of the slipstream process. The update setup documentation is also available at MSDN.
- You can uninstall SQL Server 2008 cumulative updates or service packs from Programs and Features in Control Panel. For more information, see “Overview of SQL Server Servicing Installation” in the update help file.
- SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 provides a ClickOnce version of Report Builder 2.0. Report Builder is available for use in Reporting Services (SSRS) installed in native or SharePoint integrated mode. If SSRS is installed in SharePoint integrated mode, you need to install the add-in, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0 ClickOnce for SharePoint, to make Report Builder 2.0 ClickOnce available from a SharePoint site. For more information, see the Report Builder 2.0 ClickOnce for SharePoint Readme.
SQL Server 2005 SP3 Released
Posted by Vidhya Sagar
on December 16, 2008
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SQL Server 2005 SP3 released today after the release of SP3 beta a couple of weeks ago. You can download SP3 from the link below.
Above download link is applicable to below products.
* SQL Server 2005 Enterprise
* SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Evaluation
* SQL Server 2005 Developer
* SQL Server 2005 Standard
* SQL Server 2005 Workgroup
For Express edition check the link http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=64064 for SP3.
For a list of new features and improvements that are included in SQL Server 2005 SP3, review the What’s New document.
Once the server is patched with SP3, SQL Server version will be changed to 9.00.4035. You can use the below query to check it.
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('ProductLevel')
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion')