{"id":6473,"date":"2008-04-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2008\/04\/15\/sql-server-2005-sp3-coming-soon\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:51:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:51:33","slug":"sql-server-2005-sp3-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/04\/15\/sql-server-2005-sp3-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server 2005 SP3 &#8211; coming soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last year we have successfully established the Incremental Servicing Model (ISM), which has to date delivered 7 cumulative updates (CU) to our customers, in regular 8 week intervals. We\u2019ve heard feedback from customers of the need for a third service pack for SQL Server 2005. I\u2019m happy to inform you that we will in fact deliver an SP3 following the release to manufacturing of SQL Server 2008. 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