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Worldwide Computer Products News, Feb 20, 2007
Worldwide Computer Products News-20 February 2007-Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 released(C)1995-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Software company Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) released on Monday (19 February) Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2, an update to its data management and analysis platform.
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According to the company, customers can leverage enhancements in the Windows Vista operating system and 2007 Microsoft Office system to easily connect and integrate with the SQL Server 2005. In addition, Microsoft announced that it is expanding virtualization use rights to allow unlimited virtual instances on servers that are fully licensed for SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. Customers can download SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 from http://www.microsoft.com/sql/sp2.mspx.> Key enhancements to SQL Server SP2 are said to include: data mining add-ins for the 2007 Microsoft Office system; SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) compatibility with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007; SQL Server Analysis Services improvements for Excel 2007 and Excel Services; data compression (varDecimal); manageability enhancements; management reports added to SQL Server Express Edition; as well as interoperability improvements including Oracle support in the Report Builder feature.
Microsoft also announced that the Common Criteria evaluation of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 has been submitted to the German Federal Office for Information Security for certification and that SP2 is undergoing EAL4 evaluation.
No financial or pricing details were disclosed.
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