Warnings Information in this article applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The instructions for earlier versions of SQL Server, including versions 2008 and 2005, are similar.

That's an old-fashioned Microsoft term suggesting that the software is ready for imaging on hardware by equipment providers -- in other words, a commercial-ready release. SQL Server 2012 SP2 can be ...

SQLSERVER:\SQL This provider houses all of the basic objects: databases, tables, stored procedures, views, etc. SQLSERVER:\SQLPolicy This exposes all of the SQL Server Policy Based Management objects.

The final SQL Server 2012 service pack is now available for download. The latest official release for the half-decade-old version of Microsoft's database management system includes a rollup of all ...

By Kurt Mackie 10/07/2011 Microsoft on Thursday released Service Pack 3 (SP3) for SQL Server 2008. The new service pack arrives about one year after the release of Service Pack 2.

Microsoft on Friday posted Service Pack 4 for SQL Server 2000, the first service pack update for the company's flagship database server since early 2003. The major new feature of the service pack is ...

Service Pack 1 (SP1) also makes it easier to deploy SQL Server 2008. A feature called Slipstream allows users to install the database and service pack at once, easing the process of loading the ...

In related news, Microsoft announced that the Common Criteria evaluation of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 has been submitted to the German Federal Office for Information Security for certification ...