SQL Server Servicing plans
Hello Community, we appreciate your recent comments regarding the servicing needs of your current SQL Server configurations. We want to assure you that we are fully committed to our existing customer base, hence hereby clarification around our near term servicing deliverables:
- SQL Server 2008 SP2. Microsoft targets release in Q3/CY2010.
- SQL Server 2005 SP4. You overwhelmingly requested another servicing release for SQL Server 2005. Given your feedback Microsoft targets now such release in Q4/CY2010. Based on current support volume as well as the fact that SQL Server 2005 will enter into extended support on 4/13/2011 we anticipate this to be the last Service Pack release for this SQL Server version. Extended support for SQL Server 2005 will be available through 4/12/2016. Please see https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/ for specifics. As always, the SQL Server team will carefully monitor customer feedback as well as support volume to re-assess our decisions based on your needs.
Regards
Matthias Berndt
Group Program Manager
Microsoft SQL Server
Comments
Anonymous
May 27, 2010
Thank You!!Anonymous
June 03, 2010
Thanks so much.Anonymous
August 24, 2010
Thanks for the informatin and do you have some tentative timeline for SP2 release?Anonymous
October 13, 2010
Any update on the projected release date for SQL 2005 SP4? I realize that we're not very far into Q4 yet. Thanks.Anonymous
December 02, 2010
wow this information is very helpful to deal with the total data calculation of SQL in very easily to get all benefits thanks.Anonymous
February 03, 2011
any updates on the planned release date for SQL 2008 SP3?