Today Microsoft released new cumulative updates for SQL Server 2008 R2. SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update # 12 KB Article: KB #2828727 7 fixes listed at time of publication Build number is 10.50.2874 Relevant for @@VERSION 10.50.2500 through 10.50.2873 SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update # ...

Today Microsoft released new cumulative updates for SQL Server 2008 R2. SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update # 11 KB Article: KB #2812683 4 fixes listed at time of publication Build number is 10.50.2869 Relevant for @@VERSION 10.50.2500 through 10.50.2868 SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update # 5 KB ...

Microsoft released new cumulative updates for SQL Server. SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update # 10 KB Article:  KB #2783135 16 fixes are listed at the time of publication Build number is 10.50.2868 Relevant for @@VERSION 10.50.2500 through 10.50.2867 SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update ...

This week there was a security release for all supported versions of SQL Server. Each version has 32-bit and 64-bit patches, and each version has GDR (General Distribution Release) and QFE (Quick-Fix Engineering) patches. GDR should be applied if you are at the base (RTM or SP) build for your version, while QFE should be applied if you have ...

Microsoft has released a cumulative update for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2, which was only released last week.KB article is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2720425 Build number is 10.50.4260.0There are 35 fixes published as of 2012-08-01This update is relevant for builds between 10.50.4000 and 10.50.4259My recommendation: if you have already ...

Today Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008 R2. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30437 The build number is 10.50.4000.0 and it includes fixes from 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Updates 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The fixes from Cumulative Updates 6 and 7 will be published in a subsequent cumulative update, so if ...

Today the SQL Server Release Services Team has pushed out new cumulative updates for SQL Server 2008 R2: Cumulative Update #14 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM  - KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2703280 - build number 10.50.1817.0 - 7 fixes - relevant for builds between 10.50.1600 and ...

You can download the Service Pack 2 CTP from the following URL: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29848 The build # is 10.50.3720. This service pack contains all of the fixes from Service Pack 1 & Cumulative Updates 1 through 5, and a couple of other minor fixes (a couple of SSRS bugs and a bug about an ALTER ...

SQL Server comes with a wide array of tools for monitoring your environment. There are logs and traces that provide information when errors occur, but these are often used passively to react to events that have already occurred.  There's PerfMon, and Profiler, and loads of Dynamic Management Views to check.  But where to look? As ...

This morning the SQL Server Release Services Team has pushed out new cumulative updates for SQL Server 2008 R2. Cumulative Update #13 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTMKnowledge Base article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2679366Build number: 10.50.1815Number of fixes: 9Relevant for builds of SQL Server between 10.50.1600 and 10.50.1814Cumulative ...