Before I go on vacation, I'd like to send a quick thank you to the community for giving us their thoughts on the November CTP of SP2. There were many thousands of downloads and a lot of people have started posting their suggestions and bug reports on Microsoft Connect.
I'd like to call out a few MVPs for their reviews/feedback on the features in my area:Erland Sommarskog -- Thanks for your consistent feedback through Microsoft Connect and the MVP newsgroup.Simon Sabin and Jasper Smith -- Thanks for making a couple of useful reports... and for taking the time to figure out the new custom reports feature before our documentation was even finished.
Custom Reports - Taskpad View:Jasper: http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/sqldbatips/archive/2006/11/21/custom-ssms-reports-in-sp2-enterprise-manager-taskpad-view.aspxSimon: http://sqljunkies.com/WebLog/simons/archive/2006/11/23/Taskpad_view_version2.aspx
Custom Reports - Database Permissions:Jasper: http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/sqldbatips/archive/2006/11/21/custom-ssms-reports-in-sp2-database-permissions.aspx
SQL Server 2005 - Service Pack 2 (December CTP):http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d2da6579-d49c-4b25-8f8a-79d14145500d&DisplayLang=en
Paul A. Mestemaker IIProgram ManagerMicrosoft SQL Server Manageabilityhttp://blogs.msdn.com/sqlrem/
The SQL Server team is keeping quite busy (and keeping us busy as a result). Today Paul Mestemaker...
Thanks to Paul the December CTP is now available.
The first notable change is that custom reports...
Thanks to Paul the December CTP is now available. The first notable change is that custom reports now
Microsoft published the December CTP of SQL Server 2005 SP2 on the web on December 19th. Find it...
Microsoft published the December CTP of SQL Server 2005 SP2 on the web on December 19th. Find it at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d2da6579-d49c-4b25-8f8a-79d14145500d&DisplayLang=en
When will SQL 2005 SP2 officially be released?
Thanks
Rustom
Can I install the CTP version of Management Studio alone to get the new reporting features?
Or has the server also to be patched?
I'd like to test the new stuff against SAP systems, but cannot put CTPs on this machines for obvious reasons.
Kind regards, Rudi
Rustom and Rudi Wiesmayr, I've answer your questions in this blog post:
http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlrem/archive/2007/01/12/SP2-and-BPA-FAQ.aspx
-Paul
Thank you to those who attended today's webcast. As promised, here are links to the resources associated