Popular Posts

SQLblog.com - The SQL Server blog spot on the web

Friday, September 29, 2017

New Servicing Model for SQL Server

SQLblog.com - The SQL Server blog spot on the web
New Servicing Model for SQL Server
  Microsoft just announced a new serving model for SQL Server starting with SQL 2017. The link below goes into much more detail so I won’t duplicate that here. However in a nutshell this means that there will be no more service packs, only CU’s (Cumulative Updates) and GDR’s (General Distribution Release).  A GDR contains only security fixes where as a CU has has all the goodies to keep SQL Server up to date in terms of features, bug fixes and security. What I like about it is that for...(read more)

No comments: