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 has been available on the Microsoft Download Center since 12/15/2008 and is also now available on Microsoft update.
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx
The main SP3 update for Standard, Workgroup, Developer and Enterprise Editions is available as an optional update on the Microsoft Update website and is visible when you choose "Custom" scan. It will be offered for each language and platform we support. All of these updates will be available through Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) also.
Starting in 2 weeks, the SP3 Update version for Express Edition, Express Edition with Advanced Services and Express Toolkit will be available as an automatic update. This update will be automatically downloaded and installed if you have accepted to receive updates through Microsoft Update and have enabled automatic updates on your Windows machine.
More information on SQL Server 2005 SP3 can be found at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb426877.aspx
Thank you,
Christina Gendrano
Program Manager
SQL Server Sustained Engineering
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