RE: No More Service Packs – SQLServerCentral

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October 3, 2017 at 8:55 am

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Summer90 - Tuesday, October 3, 2017 8:41 AM
It appears that Microsoft is attempting to turn SQL Server into a Windows patch schedule methodology.
We will never be able to keep up with monthly or even every other month CU releases. Not to mention the fact that if it is a purchased application we have to wait for the vendor to certify it or risk losing support if an issue arises.

And I guarantee that in many places Windows patches DO NOT get properly tested! People do silly things like applying the updates to a test server for a week and if no-one complains then it must be all good. I value my databases and the data within them too much to let that happen.