To start with I’m not going to begin to argue that my poll is of adequate industry sample size for a true adoption rate but there is a definite trend in the results. 51% of the people who voted indicated that they currently have no SQL Server 2008 instances running in production. 37% indicated that [...]
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Cumulative update package 1 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3
Microsoft has releases CU1 for Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005. Service Pack 3 did not include CU10 and CU11 for Service Pack 2 so this update has those hotfixes (and no additional fixes). http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959195/en-us and with the usual disclaimer of making sure to test in your dev and UAT enviornments before applying to [...]
SQL Server 2005 SP3 Released
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae7387c3-348c-4faa-8ae5-949fdfbe59c4&displaylang=en SQL Server 2005 SP3 is now available for download and includes the following updates: Roll-up of Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) updates completed since SQL Server 2005 SP2, as well as fixes to critical issues reported through the SQL Server community. Per revised servicing strategy for SQL Server releases, SP3 does not introduce major new [...]
SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Reference Guide
486 pages of upgrading goodness. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=66d3e6f5-6902-4fdd-af75-9975aea5bea7&displayLang=en This looks like the all encompassing upgrade document for SQL Server 2008. Major points include: Preparing to Upgrade Developing an Upgrade Plan Post Upgrade Tasks Feature Changes Pretty crazy document but I can see it being a great resource when trying to put together checklists and plans for upgrading. [...]
SQL Server Kilimanjaro
Alot of people (at the PASS Summit) got a preview of the next release of SQL Server code named Kilimanjaro. I’m going to just call it KJ cause well it’s just easier who knows… maybe it’ll catch on LOL. Anyways… with an planned release of the first half of 2010. Quentin Clark, general manager of Microsoft’s SQL [...]
