Microsoft Community Release for SQL Server Service Pack
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Microsoft Wednesday delivered the first Community Technology Preview of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005, including the data mirroring technologies that missed last fall?s release of the big update to Microsoft's flagship database product.
But just as important, a leader of the SQL Server team says, are fundamental changes they are making to improve the collaboration between customers and Microsoft developers ? and the CTP process is key to that shift.
At the core of the shift is the realization that long deep beta test cycles have been increasingly frustrating to developers and testers alike. The CTP process has the benefit of releasing a lot more builds which gets customers more involved.