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Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008 will be available today for\u00a0customers. The Service pack is available via download\u00a0here<\/a> <\/span>and is primarily a roll-up of cumulative updates 1 to 3, quick fix engineering updates and minor fixes made in response to requests reported through the SQL Server community. While there are no new features in this service pack, customers running SQL Server 2008 should download and install SP1 to take advantage of the fixes which increase supportability and stability of SQL Server 2008. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Customers have no reason to wait to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 and many are already taking advantage of SQL Server 2008 as a smart IT investment. In fact, there have been over 3 million downloads of SQL Server 2008 since the RTM in August. With this Service pack, Microsoft is introducing 80% fewer changes to customer configurations compared to previous SQL Server Service Pack releases. This remarkable decrease is a testament to a revised product development process and updated servicing strategy that is focused on ease of deployment while keeping customer environments stable. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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With this service pack, Microsoft has made investments to ease deployment and make management of service packs more efficient. Key improvements in SP1 include Slipstream, Service Pack Uninstall and Report Builder 2.0 click-once deployment.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

o<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Slipstream allows administrators to install SQL Server 2008 and Service Pack 1 in a single instance. This decreases the total time for an installation, including a fewer number of reboots thereby increasing productivity and deployment availability.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

o<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>\u00a0Service Pack Uninstall allows administrators to uninstall the service pack separately from the database release.\u00a0 This feature also improves DBA productivity, reduces the cost of deployment and improves overall supportability<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

o<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Report Builder 2.0 Click Once improves the existing SQL Server end-user report authoring application by easing deployment to business users<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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To download the SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1, please click <\/span>here<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on SQL Server 2008, please click <\/span>here<\/span><\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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