This week, the third cumulative update was made available on the Microsoft website.

What is in this CU for SQL Server 2012?

This CU has 36 hotfixes:

  • 25 for the engine
  • 1 for SSAS
  • 4 for SSIS
  • 6 for SSRS

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To have more information and download it, click here

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Historic of SQL Server 2012

If you update your SQL Server 2012, you will have a new build version: 11.00.2332
I will give you a quick summary of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 builds since the beginning:

Date SQL Server 2012 version Build
November 2010 Community Technology Preview 1 (CTP1) 11.00.1103
July 2011 Community Technology Preview 3 (CTP3) 11.00.1440
November 2011 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) 11.00.1750
December 2011 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) 11.00.1913
March 2012 RTM 11.00.2100
April 2012 Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) 11.00.2316
June 2012 Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) 11.00.2325
August 2012 Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) 11.00.2332

Conclusion

In the same time, CUs for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 and SP2 now are available:

Coming soon with news on SQL Server 2012 😀