SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 released

On Dec 15th 2008, Microsoft released the latest Service Pack 3 on SQL Server 2005. On the same day SP3 Cumulative Update 1 and Cumulative Update 11 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) are also released.

• For SQL users not opting for SP3, Microsoft released Cumulative Update 11 for SQL Server 2005 SP2, which contains all of the hot fixes for SP2, without the new features in SP3.
  
• For SQL users upgrading from SQL Server 2005 SP2 Cumulative Update 10 or from SQL Server 2005 SP2 Cumulative Update 11, they must apply a post-SP3 cumulative update after upgrade to SP3 to obtain all the fixes
  

This Service Pack is available for download from Microsoft Download Center. Along with the Service Pack, refreshed the Feature Pack for 2005 that can be downloaded separately. The following are all the download links for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 and related downloads.

SQL Server 2005 SP3 (Eval, Std, Dev, Ent Editions)	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135960
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP3	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135970
SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced SP3	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135973
SQL Server 2005 Express Toolkit SP3	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135974
SQL Server 2005 Feature Pack Dec 2008	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135971
SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express SP3	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135772
SQL Server 2005 SP3 Data Mining Add-ins Page	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135959
SQL Server 2005 SP3 Reporting Services Add-in Page for Microsoft Sharepoint	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=135962
SQL Server 2005 Books Online Refresh - December 2008	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=130167
What's New in SQL Server 2005 SP3	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131442
Readme files for SQL Server 2005 SP3	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=130542
Release Notes for SQL Server 2005 SP3	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=12952
Cumulative update package 1 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959195
An Incremental Servicing Model - ISM is available from the SQL Server team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935897