Microsoft has announced the first service pack for its
SQL Server 2005, five months after releasing the database
software.
The SQL Server 2005 SP1 service pack includes a production-ready
database mirroring function, designed to sustain continuous
availability if the main database crashes. Microsoft said the
database mirroring function had been tested by 20 existing
users.
SP1 also offers business insight features to users of SQL Server
2005 Express Edition, by extending its reporting services function
to support enterprise reporting on SAP NetWeaver Business
Intelligence.
The service pack includes the new SQL Server Management Studio
Express, a simplified graphical management environment for SQL
Server Express Edition.
Paul Flessner, senior vice president of Microsoft’s data and
storage platform division said, “It has been very gratifying to see
the level of excitement, engagement and rapid adoption of SQL
Server 2005 by our customers and partners.”
The “large volume of feedback” had helped the company deliver
SP1 quickly, he added.