Performance Related Fixes in Post-SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Builds
As you may be aware if you have been reading my blogs or books over the years, I am a pretty strong advocate of staying current with both SQL Server Service Packs and SQL Server Cumulative Updates....
View ArticlePerformance Related Fixes in Post-SQL Server 2012 RTM Builds
There have already been five Cumulative Updates (CU) for the RTM branch of SQL Server 2012. Microsoft has also released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1, along with SQL Server 2012 SP1 Cumulative Update...
View ArticleClarification of Microsoft’s SQL Server 2012 Servicing and Support Policy
I recently recently got some very helpful clarification from a friend at Microsoft about Microsoft’s plans for how they will be servicing SQL Server 2012 over the rest of 2013, and how these plans will...
View ArticleHow to Find Out About the Latest SQL Server Service Packs and Cumulative Updates
Since someone asked me about this today, I thought I would write about it. Aaron Bertrand (blog|twitter) and I sort of have a friendly competition to be the first to blog when a new SQL Server CU is...
View ArticlePerformance and Stability-Related Fixes in All SQL Server 2008 SP3 Cumulative...
Even though there are two newer, major releases of SQL Server available, there are still many organizations running SQL Server 2008, which was a good, solid release of the product, with many...
View ArticlePerformance and Stability-Related Fixes in All SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative...
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 was retired and became an “unsupported service pack” back on September 17, 2012. Despite this, I have been running into a lot of systems lately that are still running SQL...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 4
On May 31, Microsoft finally posted SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 4, which is Build 11.0.3368. This release was about two weeks later than expected, which is a little unusual for...
View ArticlePerformance Related Fixes in Post-SQL Server 2012 SP1 Builds
There have already been six Cumulative Updates (CU) for the Service Pack 1 branch of SQL Server 2012. There have been a fairly high number of hotfixes in every one of these early Cumulative Updates, as...
View ArticlePerformance Related Fixes in Post-SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Builds
As you may be aware if you have been reading my blogs or books over the years, I am a pretty strong advocate of staying current with both SQL Server Service Packs and SQL Server Cumulative Updates....
View ArticleFinal Service Packs for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2
As we get ever closer to the end of mainstream support for both SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 on July 8, 2014, I am very curious whether Microsoft is planning on releasing a SQL Server 2008 R2...
View ArticlePerformance Related Fixes in Post-SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Builds
As you may be aware, Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 back around October of 2011. Even though there has not been an official announcement yet from Microsoft, it seems likely that...
View ArticlePerformance and Stability Related Fixes in Post-SQL Server 2012 SP1 Builds
Updated to include SP1 CU11: There have already been eleven Cumulative Updates (CU) for the Service Pack 1 branch of SQL Server 2012. There have been a fairly high number of hotfixes in every one of...
View ArticlePerformance and Stability Related Fixes in Post-SQL Server 2012 SP2 Builds
As of March 27, 2015, there have been five Cumulative Updates (CU) for the Service Pack 2 branch of SQL Server 2012. There have been a fairly high number of hotfixes in every one of these Cumulative...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3 CU3 Available
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3 CU3, which is Build 11.0.6537. There are 23 hotfixes in the public fix list, some of which look pretty significant. If you are running SQL Server...
View ArticlePerformance and Stability Related Fixes in Post-SQL Server 2012 SP3 Builds
As of May 16, 2016, there have been three Cumulative Updates (CU) for the Service Pack 3 branch of SQL Server 2012. There have been a fairly high number of hotfixes in every one of these Cumulative...
View ArticleRecent SQL Server 2012 and 2014 Updates
Microsoft has released a number of SQL Server Cumulative Updates and Service Packs over the past several weeks. For SQL Server 2014, these include: June 20, 2016 SQL Server 2014 RTM CU14 (12.0.2569)...
View ArticleMajor Changes for SQL Server 2016 Standard Edition
At today’s Connect() event, Microsoft announced some pretty major changes for SQL Server 2016 Standard Edition, which are implemented in SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (which was also released today)....
View ArticleSQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 and SQL Server 2016 RTM CU3
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2016 RTM CU3 (Build 13.0.2186.6), with 31 fixes in the public fix list. They have also released SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (Build 13.0.4001.0). As they previously...
View ArticleSQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update 4
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update 4, which is Build 12.0.5540.0. There are 30 hotfixes in the public fix list. In my opinion, you should be on the SP2 branch by...
View ArticleFinal Service Packs for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2
(New: we’ve published a range of SQL Server interview candidate screening assessments with our partner Kandio, so you can avoid hiring an ‘expert’ who ends up causing problems. Check them out here.) As...
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