SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 (SP2) has been released!

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SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 (SP2) has been released!

The Service Pack 2 of SQL Server 2016 has been released!

From the SQL Server Release Services, this service pack contains:

Performance and scale improvementsSupportability and diagnostics enhancementsNew improvements based on Connect feedback itemsSome improvements originally introduced in SQL Server 2014 SP2 and SQL Server 2012 SP4All the fixes up to SQL Server 2016 SP1 CU8

All the details are listed in this article.

You can download the SP2 of SQL Server 2016 here:

SQL Server 2016 SP2SQL Server 2016 SP2 ExpressSQL Server 2016 SP2 Feature PackSQL Server 2016 SP2 Release Information

The Service Pack 2 installation is recommended, but installing this service pack may require rebooting the instance!

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