There are many enhancements which were introduced in Service Pack 1 of SQL Server 2016. If you are a developer, then you can easily understand this productivity improvement. Does below code looks familiar to you? Let us learn about CREATE OR ALTER Supported in Service Pack 1 of SQL Server 2016.
SQL Authority News – Download SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Microsoft has earlier released SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (SP1). This particular SP1 is one of the kind service pack and I will say it is a milestone move by Microsoft.
Now with this SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1, Standard Edition will have many of the features which existed in only in Enterprise Edition. In simple words, now SQL Server 2016 Standard Edition will have many of the exclusive features of SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Edition after installation of SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1.
SQL SERVER – Setup Screen Not Launching While Updating a Patch
This is one of the client contacts where I realized the importance of looking at right log file. The client said that he double clicks the.exe, a window flash by and disappears. It looked like something was happening, but it’s failing to move forward. Let us learn a very rare but critical error about setup screen not launching while updating a patch.
SQL Authority News – SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 Available for Download
Last month, Microsoft announced SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 and it had issues with SSIS catalog. Microsoft has once again released SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 earlier today and it is now available to download. I hope all the issue with earlier version has been taken care and the…
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SQL SERVER – SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 3 – Download
It has been a long time since SQL Server 2008 R2 got Service Pack Update. Microsoft has finally released SQL Server 2008 R2 service pack 3and its feature pack. SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 contains fixes to issues reported as well as Hotfix solutions have provided since SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 up to and including Cumulative Update 13.
SQLAuthority News – SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 is Available
Microsoft has announced SQL Server 2012 service pack 2 is available earlier this week. Service packages are cumulative updates and upgrade all editions of SQL Server 2012. This service pack contains up to and including SQL Server 2012 Service Pack1 Cumulative Update 9 (CU9). Here is the list of the…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – 2014 CTP1 Available for Download – SQL SERVER 2014 Community Technology Preview 1
Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2014 CTP 1 available to download at TechEd Europe. You can download SQL Server 2014 CTP1 from here. Additionally, there is in depth documentation of the product in the Product Guide over here. In this blog post I have in depth discussed what are the salient features…
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