A customer technology preview (CTP) release of SP2 for SQL 2005 has been released for general consumption. The list of changes is way too long to list here but you can find them on the Microsoft website. Key additions include:
- Support for Office 2007 business intelligence functionality.
- Integration of SQL Reporting Services with Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 and Office Sharepoint Portal Server 2007.
- The ability to build reports from Oracle 9.2.0.3 servers.
The CTP release is available for download. As usual, this sort of release should not be installed on production or valued systems.