WesleyB's Blog : Service Pack

Cumulative update package 1 for SQL Server 2008 SP1

wesback — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:08:00 GMT

Wow, the guys in the SQL Server team are working really hard.
The first CU for SQL Server 2008 SP1 has already been released and will take you to build 10.00.2710.

More information here.

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1

wesback — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:10:00 GMT

We are very proud to announce the release of the first service pack for SQL Server 2008.

With the release of SQL Server 2008 we have also made great investments in the installer. I am sure you have all noticed that the setup experience is completely different from the previous version of SQL Server. By doing this we have made way for a long requested feature for SQL Server, slipstreaming of service packs. Our good friend Peter Saddow has listed the steps to follow to create your own slipstreamed install package here.

Other nice improvements are the ability to uninstall the service pack and the support for click-once deployment of Report Builder 2.0. Also notice that SQL Server 2008 SP1 has 80% fewer fixes than SQL Server 2005 SP1!

So big thumbs up for the SQL Server team!

The official announcement can be found on the Data Platform Insider blog.
You can download SQL Server 2008 SP1 here.

*EDIT*
This post is an absolute must-read regarding SQL Server 2008 SP1 (thanks Bob!)

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 - CTP

wesback — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:16:00 GMT

We are very pleased to announce the first CTP of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008.

Apart from all the fixes we also made a couple investments that you will appreciate. The change that will make many of you very happy is that we now allow slipstreaming of service packs and hotfixes!!!

Cumulative update package 1 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3

wesback — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:21:00 GMT

We know this is a bit unusual but we have released the first cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005 SP3 too, this time it will take you to build 9.00.4207. This CU contains the fixes that are in CU10 & CU11 for Service Pack 2.

More information can be found here.

Happy holidays!

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3

wesback — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:21:00 GMT

The service pack many people have been waiting for has been released. Now I need to remember another build number (9.00.4035) ;-)
Get it here.

For those of you who are still on SP2, we also released CU11 for SQL Server 2005 SP2 which will take you to build 9.00.3301.
More info here.

Of course all this comes with an update to the Books Online which can be found here and an updated Feature Pack here.