Support enhancements for Showplan XML in scalar user-defined functions and exposed information about memory fractions.

Support enhancements for CLONEDATABASE with a new DBCC option and Service Broker support.

Improved database backup performance on large memory machines and improved database restore performance for compressed backups.

These improvements enable SQL Server 2014 to perform faster and scale out-of-the-box on modern hardware design. SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (“SP3”) features improvements centered around performance, scalability, and diagnostics based on the feedback from customers and the SQL community. As part of our commitment to software excellence, this upgrade is available to all customers with existing SQL Server 2014 deployments. This service pack is now available for download from the Microsoft Download Center as well as the Microsoft Update Catalog, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Evaluation Center, MBS Partner Source, and the Volume Licensing Service Center. The SQL Server team is excited to bring you the third service pack release for SQL Server 2014. De aankondiging op het SQL Server Blog van deze uitgave ziet er als volgt uit: SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 is now available

Zoals gewoonlijk met service packs is dit een verzameling hotfixes die zijn uitgebracht sinds de vorige uitgave en die goed zijn bevonden voor productieomgevingen. Microsoft het derde service pack van SQL Server 2014 vrijgegeven.

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