SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is available!

AaronBertrand — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:20:00 GMT

Today Microsoft released Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2008. The build number is 10.00.5500.

The announcement blog post from SQL Server Release Services team:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2011/10/06/sql-server-2008-sp3-is-now-available.aspx

List of fixes:

KB #2546951 : List of issues that are fixed by SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3

NOTE! The Service Pack does not include the fixes from SP2 Cumulative Updates 5 or 6. So if you are relying on any of those fixes, please hold off on SP3 until the first post-SP3 Cumulative Update is made available.

Most relevant downloads:

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27594

SQL Server 2008 SP3 Express Edition

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27597

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Feature Pack

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27596

Note: This is NOT a service pack for SQL Server 2008 R2. Please don't ask if you should install it on any server where @@VERSION is 10.50.x - the answer is going to be no. :-)

Search results matching tags 'SQL Server 2008', 'service packs', and 'SQL Server 2008 SP3'

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is available!