The SQL Server Release Services team recently announced that they have released a new Cumulative Update for SQL Server 2008 SP1: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2010/07/19/cumulative-update-9-for-sql-server-2008-service-pack-1.aspx This update will bring you to build 10.00.2789.  From the looks of the KB article, a ...

While I don't recommend you rush out and deploy this to your production instances today, it might not be a bad idea to get a head start on testing the fixes in SQL Server 2008 SP2 in your development and/or test environments. I have tested it on a few standalone machines, and so far have not come across any issues.  I have not yet attempted ...