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!

May 2009 - Posts

• Cumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2008 SP1

  Keep your system up to date with the most recent cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008 SP1. This package contains the hotfixes released after SQL Server 2008 SP1. SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU#2 KB Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970315/en-us Read More... Posted Monday, May 18, 2009 8:14 PM by absinha | 1 Comments

• Cumulative Update #5 for SQL Server 2008 RTM

  Keep your system up to date with the most recent cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008 RTM. This package contains the hotfixes released after SQL Server 2008 RTM. CU#5 KB Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969531/en-us Understanding Incremental Read More... Posted Monday, May 18, 2009 7:40 PM by absinha | 1 Comments

• SQL Server on Windows 7 RC and Windows Server 2008 R2 RC

  All editions of SQL Server 2005 SP3 and SQL Server 2008 SP1 are supported on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 . For SQL Server 2005, you need to be on SP3 to be compatible on Windows 7/WS08 R2 For SQL Server 2008, you need to be on SP1 to be compatible Read More... Posted Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:14 PM by SavithaP | 2 Comments