Three weeks ago, Microsoft published the third Cumulative Update (CU3) for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack one. As usual, if this Cumulative Update solves an issue you are facing, install it quickly – otherwise, do not install it.

Which issues are covered by this CU3?

It contains 38 Hotfixes:

  • 27 for the Engine
  • 8 for SSAS
  • 3 for SSRS

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To have more details or information about these hotfixes, click here.

Historic of SQL Server 2012

The build number of this Third Cumulative Update is 11.00.3349.
Let’s resume the different versions of SQL Server 2012 we have for the moment:

Date SQL Server 2012 version Build
November 2010 Community Technology Preview 1 (CTP1) 11.00.1103
July 2011 Community Technology Preview 3 (CTP3) 11.00.1440
November 2011 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) 11.00.1750
December 2011 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) 11.00.1913
March 2012 RTM 11.00.2100
April 2012 Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) 11.00.2316
June 2012 Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) 11.00.2325
August 2012 Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) 11.00.2332
October 2012 Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-070 11.00.2376
October 2012 Cumulative Update 4 (CU4) 11.00.2383
November 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) 11.00.3000
November 2012 Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) 11.00.3321
January 2012 First Hotfix for SP1 11.00.3335
January 2013 Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) 11.00.3339
March 2013 Cumulative update 3 (CU3) 11.00.3349

On the same date, a Cumulative Update has been also published by Microsoft for SQL Server 2008 SP3. It is the 10th (CU10). You can have a look at it here.