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!

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• Cumulative Update #8 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 all of the SQL Server 2008 hotfixes that have been released since the initial release of SQL Server 2008 RTM. o Understanding Incremental Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:30 AM by samans | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server 2008

• Cumulative Update #5 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1

  Keep your system up to date with the most recent cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008 SP1. This package contains all of the SQL Server 2008 hotfixes that have been released since the initial release of SQL Server 2008 SP1. Understanding Incremental Read More... Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 5:12 PM by absinha | 0 Comments

• Known Issue In Cumulative Updates For SQL Server 2008 RTM CU 7, SP1 CU 3, SP1 CU 4 In SQL Agent when Upgrading

  Dear SQL Server Customers, We have recently learned of degraded customer experience with · The release version of SQL Server 2008 Cumulative Update 7 · SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Cumulative Update 3 and Cumulative Update 4 Build range below. Read More... Posted Friday, November 13, 2009 12:00 PM by absinha | 0 Comments

• Known Issue In Cumulative Updates For SQL Server 2005 SP2, SP3, SQL Server 2008 RTM, SP1 In Analysis Services Partition Processing Engine

  Dear SQL Server Customers, We have learned of degraded customer experience with … · SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Cumulative Update 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16. · SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3) Cumulative Update 3, 4 and 5. · The release version Read More... Posted Friday, November 13, 2009 11:04 AM by absinha | 0 Comments

• SQL Server on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

  Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP3 and SQL Server 2008 SP1 and later versions are supported on Windows 7 and Window Server 2008 R2 . SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2 and SQL Server 2008 Express Runtime RTM are also supported on Windows 7 and Windows Server Read More... Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 11:54 PM by SavithaP | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server

• Cumulative Update #16 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

  Keep your system up to date with the most recent cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005 SP2. This package contains all of the SQL Server 2005 SP2 hotfixes that have been released since the initial release of SQL Server 2005 SP2. o CU #16 KB Article: Read More... Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 3:50 PM by absinha | 0 Comments

• Cumulative Update #6 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3

  Keep your system up to date with the most recent cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005 SP3. This package contains all of the SQL Server 2005 hotfixes that have been released since the initial release of SQL Server 2005 SP3. o CU#6 KB Article: Read More... Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 3:50 PM by absinha | 0 Comments

• End of Service Pack Support for SQL Server 2005 SP2 and SQL Server 2008 RTM

  We would like to remind all customers that Service Pack Support for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) will end on January 12, 2010 and support for SQL Server 2008 RTM will end on April 13, 2010 . Microsoft is ending support for these products as part Read More... Posted Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:47 AM by tina_nj23 | 0 Comments

• Cumulative Update #4 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#4 KB Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973602/en-us Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:45 AM by absinha | 0 Comments

• Cumulative Update #5 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3

  Keep your system up to date with the most recent cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005 SP3. This package contains all of the SQL Server 2005 hotfixes that have been released since the initial release of SQL Server 2005 SP3. CU#5 KB Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972511/en-us Read More... Posted Monday, August 17, 2009 10:25 PM by absinha | 0 Comments

• Cumulative Update #15 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

  Keep your system up to date with the most recent cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005 SP2. This package contains all of the SQL Server 2005 SP2 hotfixes that have been released since the initial release of SQL Server 2005 SP2. CU #15 KB Article: Read More... Posted Monday, August 17, 2009 10:04 PM by absinha | 0 Comments

• Known Issue In Cumulative Updates For SQL Server 2005 SP2, SP3 & 2008 RTM, SP1 When restoring SQL Server 2000 DB Through Management Studio

  Customers using SQL Server 2005 or 2008 Management Studio to restore a SQL Server 2000 Database backup will most likely see the error message as described in KB 972687 . This KB article provides details of available workarounds and information about hotfix Read More... Posted Friday, August 07, 2009 3:08 PM by absinha | 0 Comments

• Cumulative Update #3 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#3 KB Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971491/en-us Read More... Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 7:28 PM by absinha | 2 Comments

• Cumulative Update #6 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#6 KB Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971490/en-us Understanding Incremental Read More... Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 7:25 PM by absinha | 0 Comments

• Cumulative Update #4 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3

  Keep your system up to date with the most recent cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005 SP3. This package contains all of the SQL Server 2005 hotfixes that have been released since the initial release of SQL Server 2005 SP3. CU#4 KB Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970279/en-us Read More... Posted Monday, June 15, 2009 4:23 PM by absinha | 2 Comments