Cumulative Updates Included in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1

Dear Customers,

As teams within SQL Server come together to put the finishing touches on SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1, Cumulative Updates 1 through 6 of SQL Server 2008 R2 have been included in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1.  SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Update 7 & 8 are not included in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 but will be available for customers in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 1 shortly after the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1.  SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 will be publically available to all customers in the coming weeks.  Customers on SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Update 7 or 8 will be able to upgrade to SP1 however will also need to apply SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 1.  The table below summarizes this information.

Customers presently on …	SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Update 1 to 6	SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Update 7 or 8	After SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Update 8
The fixes will be found in …	SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1	SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CU 1	After Cumulative Update 2 of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CU 1.

 

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you, the customers, for your feedback and response in the SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CTP.  If you have not had a chance to preview SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CTP, please visit:

• SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1
• SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Express
• SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Feature Packs

Thank you to all the customers for your continuous support and feedback.

Abhishek Sinha
Program Manager
SQL Server Sustained Engineering

 Related Downloads & Documents:

• SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1
• SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Express
• SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Feature Packs
• SQL Server 2008 R2 CU's Released

Comments

• Anonymous
  July 01, 2011
  Thanks. sqlserverrider.wordpress.com

• Anonymous
  July 01, 2011
  What are the percentage estimates of people using the CUs?  Just curious.

• Anonymous
  July 05, 2011
  @Mbourgon, To my understanding, people may use the CUs in thier test environment but not in thier production environment. We wait until they come up with fully supported (and tested) the service pack. Currently waiting for SP1 for SQL Server 2008 R2 from them. Hope MS is going to release this soon.

• Anonymous
  July 06, 2011
  I left a comment here previously but it seems to have been removed. Can you please confirm whether the final release of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 will include the security update from KB 2494086 / KB 2494088?

• Anonymous
  July 19, 2011
  Lots of organizations use SQL Server CUs in Production, it is quite common. While Service Packs are fully regression tested by Microsoft, they are released too infrequently for many organzations.