{"id":4903,"date":"2010-09-29T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2010\/09\/29\/sql-server-2008-sp2-is-available-for-download-today\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:50:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:50:11","slug":"sql-server-2008-sp2-is-available-for-download-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2010\/09\/29\/sql-server-2008-sp2-is-available-for-download-today\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server 2008 SP2 is available for download today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"line-height:13pt;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 10pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-size:11pt;color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2. Both the Service Pack and Feature Pack updates are now ready for download on the Microsoft Download Center.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008 includes new compatibility features with SQL Server 2008 R2, product improvements based on requests from the SQL Server community, and hotfix solutions provided in SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 1 to 8.<br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><br \/>Key improvements in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 are:<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<ul style=\"line-height:normal;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\">\n<li style=\"line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Reporting Services in SharePoint Integrated Mode. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size:11pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">SQL Server 2008 SP2 provides updates for Reporting Services integration with SharePoint products.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\">SQL Server 2008 SP2 report servers can integrate with SharePoint 2010 products. SQL Server 2008 SP2 also provides a new add-in to support the integration of SQL Server 2008 R2 report servers with SharePoint 2007 products. This now enables SharePoint Server 2007 to be used with SQL Server 2008 R2 Report Server. For more information see the \u201cWhat\u2019s New in SharePoint Integration and SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2)\u201d section in <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;\"><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/?linkid=9742716\"><span style=\"color:#0033cc;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">What&#8217;s New (Reporting Services)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\"> <\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<ul style=\"line-height:normal;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\">\n<li style=\"line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:small;\">SQL Server 2008 R2 Application and Multi-Server Management Compatibility with SQL Server 2008.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:small;\">SQL Server 2008 Instance Management<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"> With SP2 applied, an instance of the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine can be enrolled with a SQL Server 2008 R2 Utility Control Point as a managed instance of SQL Server. SQL Server 2008 SP2 enables organizations to extend the value of the Utility Control Point to instances of SQL Server 2008 SP2 without having to upgrade those servers to SQL Server 2008 R2. For more information, see\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=199449\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Overview of SQL Server Utility<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:small;\"> in SQL Server 2008 R2 Books Online.<br \/>\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-size:small;\"><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Data-tier Application (DAC) Support.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"> Instances of the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine support all DAC operations delivered in SQL Server 2008 R2 after SP2 has been applied. You can deploy, upgrade, register, extract, and delete DACs. SP2 does not upgrade the SQL Server 2008 client tools to support DACs. You must use the SQL Server 2008 R2 client tools, such as SQL Server Management Studio, to perform DAC operations. A data-tier application is an entity that contains all of the database objects and instance objects used by an application. A DAC provides a single unit for authoring, deploying, and managing the data-tier objects. For more information, see\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=199000\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Designing and Implementing Data-tier Applications<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:small;\">.<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height:17px;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">To download the SQL Server 2008 SP2 release please select from the links below:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">SQL Server 2008 SP2:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=196550\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=196550<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=196550\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">SQL Server 2008 SP2 Express:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=196551\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=196551<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=196551\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">SQL Server 2008 SP2 Feature Packs:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=202815\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=202815<\/span><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Thanks to all the customers who downloaded Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2 CTP and provided feedback.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Abhishek Sinha<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Program Manager<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">SQL Server Sustained Engineering<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:13pt;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:13pt;list-style-type:disc;margin:0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Related Downloads &amp; Documents:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">SQL Server 2008 SP2:<\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0033cc;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=196550\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=196550<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0033cc;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=196550\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:17px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">SQL Server 2008 SP2 Express:<\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0033cc;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=196551\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=196551<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<span style=\"line-height:17px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0033cc;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=196551\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:17px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">SQL Server 2008 SP2 Feature Packs:<\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=202815\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=202815<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<span style=\"line-height:17px;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=202815\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:17px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU\u2019s Released:<\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0033cc;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/970365\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/970365<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<span style=\"line-height:17px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0033cc;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><a style=\"cursor:auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/970365\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height:17px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;\"><span 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