Microsoft on Thursday released Service Pack 3 (SP3) for SQL Server 2008. The new service pack arrives about one year after the release of Service Pack 2.

Microsoft is also promising that SP3 will enable the "proper handling of Service Broker" when there's an Availability Group failover as all open connections will now get closed with SP3. Microsoft's ...

SP3 is a "cumulative update," which means that it'll upgrade "all editions and service levels of SQL Server 2014 to SQL Server 2014 SP3," Microsoft's support article explained. SP3 contains all ...