SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update #4 is available!

SQL Server / SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update #4 is available!

Aaron Bertrand June 1st, 2013 SQL Server / SQL Server 2012 3

The SQL Server team has released CU #4 for Service Pack 1.

KB article: KB #2833645
Build # is 11.0.3368
This build has 39 fixes by my count.

For more information about this cumulative update, see the following posts:

SQL Release Services Blog : Cumulative Update #4 for SQL Server 2012 SP1

SQLOS Team Blog : Enhancements to SQL Server Backup to Cloud in SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU4

KB #2792921 : Description of new features in Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2012 SP1

Relevant for builds 11.0.3000 -> 11.0.3367. Do not attempt to install on SQL Server 2012 RTM (any build < 11.0.3000) or any previous version.

Aaron Bertrand

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Peter says:

June 25, 2013 at 3:35 PM

CU4 can make problems with Reporting Services if you use multi-valued parameters. See:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/789435/ssrs-2012-problems-with-related-nested-multi-valued-parameters-after-applying-sp1-cu4
Ian Yates says:

June 3, 2013 at 4:08 AM

This one in particular
FIX: "EXCEPTION_INVALID_CRT_PARAMETER" on System Health Monitor Thread in SQL Server 2012
Ian Yates says:

June 3, 2013 at 4:02 AM

We've been waiting on this release – MS support claims it fixes a bug that was causing SQL 2012 to use up all of its address space with one of the new SQL 2012 features enabled (to do with monitoring the OS health from memory – it was enabled by default)