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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://sqlblog.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results matching tags 'SQL Server 2008', 'SQL Server', and 'service pack'</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&amp;tag=SQL+Server+2008,SQL+Server,service+pack&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results matching tags 'SQL Server 2008', 'SQL Server', and 'service pack'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)</generator><item><title>Service Packs... Coming to a Download Near You!</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/michael_coles/archive/2010/02/14/service-packs-coming-to-a-download-near-you.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:22289</guid><dc:creator>Mike C</dc:creator><description>&lt;P&gt;Based on feedback from the community (&lt;A href="https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/522123/sql-server-2008-service-pack-2"&gt;https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/522123/sql-server-2008-service-pack-2&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;and &lt;A href="https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/522122/service-pack-4-for-sql-server-2005"&gt;https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/522122/service-pack-4-for-sql-server-2005&lt;/A&gt;), Microsoft has announced plans to release Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008 and Service Pack 4 for SQL Server 2005. The official announcement from the SQL Server Group Project Manager Matthias&amp;nbsp;Berndt is &lt;A title="Service Pack Announcement" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2010/02/12/sql-server-servicing-plans.aspx" target=_blank&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Here's the abbreviated version:&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;LI&gt;Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008 is targeted for a Q3 release.&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Service Pack 4 for SQL Server 2005 is targeted for a Q4 release.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;SP 4 is currently scheduled to be the final SP for 2005. The announcement also contains some info. about SQL 2005 going into extended support from April 2011 to April 2016.&lt;/P&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>