Aaron is a senior consultant for
SQL Sentry, Inc., makers of performance monitoring and event management software for SQL Server, Analysis Services, and Windows. He has been blogging here at sqlblog.com since 2006, focusing on manageability, performance, and new features; has been a
Microsoft MVP since 1997; tweets as
@AaronBertrand; and speaks frequently at user group meetings and
SQL Saturday events.
Last week, Microsoft released Cumulative Update #8 for SQL Server 2005 SP3. The build # is 9.00.4285. You can read the blog post from the Release Services team here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2010/02/15/cumulative-update-8-for-sql-server-2005-service-pack-3.aspx
And the Knowledge Base article, #978915, is available here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978915
There is a noticeable omission here, as pointed out by fellow MVP Davide Mauri: there is no equivalent CU yet announced for 2005 SP2. I think this is for one of the following reasons (or a combination):
- with only 5 fixes in this CU, it is possible that the problems do not affect the SP2 branch;
- the fixes for the SP2 branch may not be ready yet, and the customer(s) who found the issues are clamoring for SP3 fixes; or,
- SP2 is taking a back seat due to Microsoft's recent commitment to SP4 and last month's announced end-of-life for SP2 support.
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