Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 this week and announced that it's available for download. The new service pack fixes some minor issues, and not much has apparently changed since ...

We tested SQL Server, with SP2 installed, on Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Unlike DB2, Oracle9i, and Sybase ASE, SQL Server relies on Windows for clustering. The Enterprise Manager has a graphical ...

Microsoft last week released a community technology preview (CTP) of the next service pack for SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 SP2 CTP can be downloaded here, and the Express Edition version is ...

Microsoft today released a community technology preview (CTP) of the next service pack for SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 SP2 CTP can be downloaded here and the Express Edition version is available ...

Microsoft this week released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2. The SP2 release goes by the "RTM" (release to manufacturing) nomenclature, according to Microsoft's announcement. That's an old-fashioned ...

Microsoft yesterday released the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Service Pack 2 of its SQL Server 2005 database, which will support the upcoming Windows Vista and integrate with Office ...

Microsoft today announced that SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is available for download. The new service pack fixes some minor issues, and not much has apparently changed since Microsoft first ...

They include the SQL Server Utility (SSU) to define a SQL Server 2008 SP2 instance as a managed-instance. The Data-Tier Application Component (DAC) is also supported in SP2. You will still need to use ...