Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2005 SP-1

As Microsoft Senior Vice President of Server Applications Paul Flessner promised in his April 6, 2006 SQL Server 2005 Update, SQL Server 2005 SP-1 became available for download from MSDN on April 18, 2006. Following are links to new SQL Server 2005 SP-1 download pages on MSDN: • SQL Server 2005 SP-1 for Developer, Workgroup, Standard and Enterprise Editions running on x86, x64, or ia64 platforms • SQL Express with SP-1 for x86, x64, or EMT64 systems • SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) for x86, x64, or EMT64 systems • Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0 for SSMSE • SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services (includes SSMSE, MSXML 6.0, Reporting Services (SSRS), and full-text search) • SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit (includes SSMSE and Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) for Reporting Services projects) • Download SQL Server 2005 Books Online (December 2005) for SQL Server Express • Read the Managing SQL Server Express with SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express Edition white paper Installer dialogs are very similar to those for SQL Server 2005 SP-1 March CTP, as described in my "SQL Server 2005 SP1 CTP Available for Download" post of March 16, 2006. Technorati: Databases SQL Server 2005 SQL Server SQLServer MSSQL SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 SQL Server 2005 SP1 SQL Server Express SQL Express SQL Server Express Service Pack 1 SQL Express Service Pack 1 SQL Server Express SP1 SQL Express SP1