How to obtain Cumulative Update 8 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. A supported cumulative update package is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problems that are described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing these specific problems.

Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 contains hotfixes for the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 issues that have been fixed since the release of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. This build of the cumulative update package is also known as build 10.00.2723.

This article describes cumulative update package 10 (Build number: 11.0.2420.0) for Microsoft SQL Server 2012. This update contains hotfixes for issues that were fixed after the release of SQL Server 2012.

This article describes cumulative update package 12 (Build number: 12.0.2564.0) for Microsoft SQL Server 2014. This update contains fixes that were released after the release of SQL Server 2014.

This article describes cumulative update package 4 (Build number: 12.0.2430.0) for Microsoft SQL Server 2014. This update contains hotfixes for issues that were fixed after the release of SQL Server 2014.

Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update.

This article describes cumulative update package 3 (Build number: 12.0.2402.0) for Microsoft SQL Server 2014. This update contains hotfixes for issues that were fixed after the release of SQL Server 2014.

This article describes cumulative update package 11 (Build number: 11.0.2424.0) for Microsoft SQL Server 2012. This update contains hotfixes for issues that were fixed after the release of SQL Server 2012. Note This is the last cumulative update for SQL Server 2012 since life cycle support ends for this release.

Fixes a performance issue in SQL Server 2008 SP1 or in SQL Server 2008 R2 that has cumulative update 5 or a later cumulative update package installed. This issue occurs when you run an MDX query.

This article describes cumulative update package 8 (Build number: 12.0.2546.0) for Microsoft SQL Server 2014. This update contains hotfixes for issues that were fixed after the release of SQL Server 2014.