Out-of-band hotfix releases for SQL Server 2008 SP4 and 2008 R2 SP3

SQL Server / SQL Server 2008 / SQL Server 2008 R2

Out-of-band hotfix releases for SQL Server 2008 SP4 and 2008 R2 SP3

Aaron Bertrand February 11th, 2015 SQL Server / SQL Server 2008 / SQL Server 2008 R2 2

Back in September, I blogged about the availability of SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 3 and SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 4. I made it clear that there would be no cumulative updates after those service packs, and while there still hasn't been any such release, Microsoft this week *kind of* made me look like a liar. They have released what they're calling an "on-demand hotfix update" in KB #3033860 (2008 R2 SP3) and KB #3034373 (2008 SP4).

While the updates will bring 10.50.6000 up to 10.50.6525 or 10.0.6000 up to 10.0.6526, there is not much to them; only two fixes are listed publicly:

Aaron Bertrand

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ben gleiberman says:

October 12, 2015 at 11:36 PM

thanks for the update note! we never have time to source all these ourselves, and it is much appreciated that you care enough to share this info!
thanks
Ben G.
Chris Wood says:

February 12, 2015 at 5:28 PM

Good thing you blogged about this Aaron because the Release Services Blog nor the CSS Blog mention it. Had to dig for it on Premium Support site using the KB.
Thanks
Chris