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Fresh install of SQL Server 2005, everything works. Upgrade to just SP1, everything works.

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These are the key questions every IT team needs to answer as they contemplate a migration toward SQL Server 2014.

End of support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 opens the door to significant performance improvements for essential business services.

Microsoft released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SQL Server 2005 on Tuesday, a free upgrade available for download, in addition to new virtualization licensing for the database. Microsoft said it will ...

Organizations running SQL Server 2005 have less than a year before the product's lifecycle support will come to an end.

SQL Server 2005 will no longer receive patches from Microsoft after April 12, pushing state and local governments to upgrade.

The new Upgrade Advisor will likely be similar to the SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor. The 2005 version gave you warnings to help reduce installation and upgrade problems.

In the case of upgrading SQL Server 2005 to 2008, the new release is evolutionary not revolutionary, using the same architecture so an in-place upgrade may be a common choice.