Download SQL Server 2008 SP1.
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available. You can use these packages to upgrade any SQL Server 2008 edition.
Note: Microsoft remain committed to their plans to keep service packs contained, focusing on essential updates only, primarily a Roll-up of Cumulative Update 1 to 3, Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) updates, as well as fixes to issues reported through the SQL Server community. While keeping product changes contained, Microsoft have made significant investments to ease deployment and management of Service Packs:
Slipstream - You are now able to integrate the base installation with service packs (or Hotfixes) and install in a single step.
Service Pack Uninstall - You are now able to uninstall only the Service Pack (without removing the whole instance)
Report Builder 2.0 Click Once capability
For more information about SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1, please review the Release Notes.
Download SQL Server 2008 SP1.
Download SQLServer2008_BOL_Aug2009.msi
Download the documentation and tutorials for Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
SQL Server 2008, the latest release of Microsoft SQL Server, provides a comprehensive data platform. Books Online is the primary documentation for SQL Server 2008.
Books Online includes the following types of information:
- Setup and upgrade instructions.
- Information about new features and backward compatibility.
- Conceptual descriptions of the technologies and features in SQL Server 2008.
- Procedural topics describing how to use the various features in SQL Server 2008.
- Tutorials that guide you through common tasks.
- Reference documentation for the graphical tools, command prompt utilities, programming languages, and application programming interfaces (APIs) that are supported by SQL Server 2008.
- Descriptions of the sample databases and applications that are available with SQL Server 2008. You can download the sample databases from the SQL Server Community Projects and Samples page on CodePlex.
NOTE: Non-English installs of Books Online may encounter minor issues. To address these issues try rerunning the installation.
Download SQLServer2008_BOL_Aug2009.msi
