Microsoft SQL Server Release Services

The Global Release Services team within the SQL Server organization is a central team providing a variety of services to one of the biggest development organizations in the world. We drive a lot of processes and business decisions which significantly impact both, our internal operations as well as our customers world wide. This blog is intended to share some of this information with you straight from the source, drive interaction as well as to solicit your feedback on particular topics for us to make better decisions for you!

SQL Server 2005 SP3 - Released

On Dec 15th 2008, we released the latest Service Pack on SQL Server 2005. In line with the changed strategy presented a while back on this blog, the latest Service Pack for SQL Server 2005 laid more emphasis on supportability, watson and community voted bugs. This Service Pack is available for download from Microsoft Download Center. Along with the Service Pack, we also refreshed the Feature Pack for 2005 that can be downloaded separately. The following are all the download links for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 and related downloads.

SQL Server 2005 SP3 (Eval, Std, Dev, Ent Editions) http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135960

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP3 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135970

SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced SP3 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135973

SQL Server 2005 Express Toolkit SP3 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135974

SQL Server 2005 Feature Pack Dec 2008 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135971

SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express SP3 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135772

SQL Server 2005 SP3 Data Mining Add-ins Page http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135959

SQL Server 2005 SP3 Reporting Services Add-in Page for Microsoft Sharepoint http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135962

SQL Server 2005 Books Online Refresh - December 2008 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=130167

What’s New in SQL Server 2005 SP3 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131442

Readme files for SQL Server 2005 SP3   http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=130542

Release Notes for SQL Server 2005 SP3 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129527

Thank You,

Nosheen Syed

Lead Program Manager

SQL Server Sustained Engineering

Published Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:22 PM by NosheenS

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December 16, 2008 7:53 PM
 

Community Blogs said:

Microsoft has just released SP3 for SQL Server 2005 (yes that's 2005, not 2008). More info here:

December 17, 2008 9:30 AM
 

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December 17, 2008 9:41 AM
 

Development With A Dot said:

Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005 has been recently released. You can get it here . Note that now there

December 18, 2008 5:27 AM
 

ASP.NET Chinese Blogs said:

微软2008年12月16日发布了SQL Server 2005 SP3的正式版，而这也将是该软件的最后一次升级服务，不过暂时只有英文版本，需要简体中文版的用户请稍等。SQL Server 2005 SP3版本号9

December 18, 2008 9:04 AM
 

JohnVottero said:

We really need the LinkIds that go directly to the SQLEXPR.EXE and SQLEXPR32.EXE downloads so they can be used in installer bootstrappers.  Having the complete product.xml and package.xml would be even better.

January 16, 2009 6:46 PM
 

Blog do Ezequiel said:

The SP3 of SQL Server 2005, It was released last month: Microsoft SQL Server Release Services - SQL Server

January 20, 2009 4:11 AM
 

onceseattle said:

Is it true that "for SQL users not opting for SP3, Microsoft released Cumulative Update 11 for SQL Server 2005 SP2, which contains all of the hot fixes for SP2, without the new features in SP3?"

That was written at http://gcn.com/Articles/2008/12/17/SQL-Server-2005-SP3-released.aspx.

I support a third party application that runs on MSSQL and was certified for MSSQL 2005 SP2. The vendor says hotfixes to SP2 remain certified but that new service packs are not.

I hope staying with SP2 does not mean sacrificing security benefits.

Thanks

January 22, 2009 1:40 PM
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