http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond/archive/2008/12/03/just-what-is-the-current-sql-server-patch-level-anyway.aspxCourtesy of Ben Lam’s question and Arvind Shyamsundar’s answer comes the following list of resources for keeping up with SQL Server product update releases: You can sign up for security bulletin-related email alerts from Microsoft here (Windows Live IDen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond/archive/2008/12/03/just-what-is-the-current-sql-server-patch-level-anyway.aspx#3163724Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:25:14 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3163724Lain Robertson<p>Although this link only pertains to SQL Server 2005, I've found it incredibly useful single point of reference over time (though I preferred the older page format to its new presentation) both for version matching, and validating if a previously released hotfix is encompassed in a cumulative update. This in turn is useful when maintaining scripted installations for which one includes the latest cumulative update.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137</a></p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Lain</p>http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond/archive/2008/12/03/just-what-is-the-current-sql-server-patch-level-anyway.aspx#3182483Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:04:35 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3182483Eric<p>The website SQLSecurity.com keeps a SQL Server version database which is quite useful for this purpose. </p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.sqlsecurity.com/FAQs/SQLServerVersionDatabase/tabid/63/Default.aspx">http://www.sqlsecurity.com/FAQs/SQLServerVersionDatabase/tabid/63/Default.aspx</a></p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Eric</p>