Microsoft today released a new Community Technology Preview for SQL Server 2012, Service Pack 1. The CTP4 includes improved AlwaysOn Availability Group migration, better query capabilities over XML ...

SP1 includes fixes from Cumulative Update 1 to Cumulative Update 5, as well as some SQL Server 2012 SP2 fixes, Microsoft indicated. As for SP1's benefits, Microsoft highlighted an improvement in its ...

Microsoft is making available for download a test build of Service Pack 1 for its SQL Server 2012 database, as well as new SQL Azure cloud-database additions.

SP1 supports cross-cluster migration of AlwaysOn availability groups. It adds a "selective XML index" capability, which is designed to improve querying XML data. Microsoft also added a way for IT pros ...

Consequently, the service pack was removed the next day. Microsoft plans to make SP1 for SQL Server 2014 available again sometime "in the next few weeks," according to an updated announcement.

The new service pack, when reissued, will set a new service baseline for SQL Server 2014. SP1 includes fixes from Cumulative Update 1 to Cumulative Update 5, as well as some SQL Server 2012 SP2 fixes, ...

Hekaton, Microsoft's coming in-memory database engine, will be built into the next version of SQL Server. Meanwhile, SQL Server 2012 SP1 is now generally available.