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SQL Server 2005 SP2 CTP Available for Download

The Community Technology Preview (CTP) version SQL Server 2005 SP2 has been released by Microsoft. You can find the download here:

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/ctp.mspx

There appear to be some changes on the database engine side that may raise a few eyebrows:
  • SP2 Maintenance Plans cannot be read by earlier versions of the SQL Server 2005 tools.
  • Some performance counters aren't visible in Performance Monitor.
There are changes on Analysis Services and Reporting Services as well.


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Posted by Rustom on 5 January 2007
Do you know when Microsoft will be officially releasing SP2 for SQL?
Posted by K. Brian Kelley on 6 January 2007
The only information I've seen is 1Q 2007, so by March.

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=903875&SiteID=1
Posted by sangeethashekar on 19 January 2007
Please check out http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlprogrammability/ for a series of articles on the Plan Cache and improvements made to the plan cache in SQL Server 2005 SP2. The articles also have a number of examples and queries on plan cache related DMVs that you may find useful.
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