{"id":2032,"date":"2016-09-13T13:56:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T17:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/jonathan\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2017-04-13T13:05:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T17:05:58","slug":"where-can-i-download-a-specific-sql-server-cumulative-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/jonathan\/where-can-i-download-a-specific-sql-server-cumulative-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Can I Download a Specific SQL Server Cumulative Update?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has made a lot of changes to their servicing model for SQL Server over the years, specifically moving more towards Cumulative Updates and away from Service Packs as a means to deliver updates and fixes to SQL Server. Today I needed to replace a server in a Failover Clustered Instance (FCI) of SQL Server 2014 that was on Service Pack 1 + CU7. So I went to the KB article for CU7 (https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/kb\/3162659) and clicked what I thought was the download link to CU7 for SP1:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/download-latest-cu-link.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2034\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/download-latest-cu-link-1024x361.png\" alt=\"Download Latest CU Link\" width=\"1024\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, to my dismay that link took me to the download link for SQL Server 2014 SP1 CU8 and not to CU7 as I was expecting. So I tried other SP1 CU links and they all redirect to the CU8 download page. Slightly irritated I decided to send a Skype IM to Glenn (<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/GlennAlanBerry\" target=\"_blank\">@GlennAlanBerry<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/glenn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blog<\/a>) what was going on because he keeps up with every update Microsoft publishes for SQL Server. Glenn told me that Microsoft&#8217;s recommendation and preference is for people to install the latest CU so the KB articles now link to the latest CU download page. That doesn&#8217;t really help me with adding a failed FCI node back into a FCI that is on CU7, so Glenn offered to share the CU7 file with me by Dropbox.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that I didn&#8217;t need Glenn to share the file with me, I needed to read the information on the KB article closer and pay attention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/download-cu7-link.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2033\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/download-cu7-link-1024x361.png\" alt=\"Download CU7 Link\" width=\"1024\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Note<\/strong> at the bottom of the information specifically says that after future CUs are released this specific CU can be downloaded from the <a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.update.microsoft.com\/v7\/site\/Search.aspx?q=SQL%20Server\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Windows Update Catalog<\/a>. \u00a0So if you need a specific CU for SQL Server, either for testing purposes, or to fix a failed FCI node, head over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.update.microsoft.com\/v7\/site\/Search.aspx?q=SQL%20Server\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Windows Update Catalog<\/a>, and you can easily find it there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One additional note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You have to use Internet Explorer to access the <a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.update.microsoft.com\/v7\/site\/Search.aspx?q=SQL%20Server\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Windows Update Catalog<\/a>, the site won&#8217;t allow you to access it using Google Chrome or other non-IE browsers it seems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has made a lot of changes to their servicing model for SQL Server over the years, specifically moving more towards Cumulative Updates and away from Service Packs as a means to deliver updates and fixes to SQL Server. 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