Cumulative Update Package for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM

Microsoft had recently released  Cumulative update package 8 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1.

This week the Cumulative Update package 1 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM was released. This package is for SQL Server 2008 SP1 customers who want to upgrade to the latest version of SQL Server 2008 R2 and still keep the hotfixes from Cumulative Update 5 to 7 for the release version of SQL Server 2008 SP1

Microsoft said  “Cumulative Update 1 for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM contains only hotfixes that were released in Cumulative Update 5, 6, and 7 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Cumulative Update 1 for SQL 2008 R2 RTM is only intended as a post-RTM rollup for Cumulative Update 5-7 for the release version of SQL Server 2008 SP1 customers who plan to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 and still keep the hotfixes from Cumulative Update 5-7 for the release version of SQL Server 2008 SP1. No new hotfixes have been included in this cumulative update”