SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition - availability for download ?

  • Does anyone know when SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition will be availability for download ?

    I thought SQL Server 2014 was being released today ?

    Thanks

  • I checked MSDN this morning and it isn't there yet. I suspect it will appear over the next couple of days.

    Jim

  • Thanks!

  • Nothing was available until 9AM West Coast time. I understand most of it's online now. I just used Azure to spin up a VM. A lot quicker than downloading if all you're doing is evaluating.

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  • Grant Fritchey (4/1/2014)


    Nothing was available until 9AM West Coast time. I understand most of it's online now. I just used Azure to spin up a VM. A lot quicker than downloading if all you're doing is evaluating.

    Thanks!

  • 2014's available to MSDN Subscribers as of now (17:52 UTC), at least.

  • I got my email about noon EST 🙂 l

  • Heh... waiting for SP1. 😉

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

  • Jeff Moden (4/2/2014)


    Heh... waiting for SP1. 😉

    Good grief, there may be 25 CUs released before they even think about an SP 😉

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  • Koen Verbeeck (4/2/2014)


    Jeff Moden (4/2/2014)


    Heh... waiting for SP1. 😉

    Good grief, there may be 25 CUs released before they even think about an SP 😉

    If they even do an SP. I've heard rumors that's being tossed and you just have to get the latest CU.

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • Grant Fritchey (4/2/2014)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/2/2014)


    Jeff Moden (4/2/2014)


    Heh... waiting for SP1. 😉

    Good grief, there may be 25 CUs released before they even think about an SP 😉

    If they even do an SP. I've heard rumors that's being tossed and you just have to get the latest CU.

    SQL Server 7: I'm not sure, but perhaps 4 service packs in ~7 years.

    SQL Server 2000: 4 service packs in ~5 years

    SQL Server 2005: 4 service packs in ~5 years

    SQL Server 2008: 3 service packs in ~3 years, the last ~3 years ago

    SQL Server 2008 R2: 2 service packs in ~2 years, the last ~2 years ago

    SQL Server 2012: 1 service pack in less than 1 year, the last ~1.5 years ago

    On a purely linear extrapolation, we should expect 0 service packs for 2014.

    As I prefer a more tested group of patches to a less tested group of patches, this is extremely worrisome - how many CU's (and of what severity) do we wait, and how many CU's back do we start (trying to avoid uncaught bugs in the most current CU)? This is a real management pain.

  • The retail version is still unavailable for those that do not have an MSDN license. Microsoft's store says coming soon still...even for the download version.

  • Developer Edition is available on the US Microsoft Store, however trying to pay with a UK Credit Card doesn't work, which is frustrating as it is a download.;-)

  • Koen Verbeeck (4/2/2014)


    Jeff Moden (4/2/2014)


    Heh... waiting for SP1. 😉

    Good grief, there may be 25 CUs released before they even think about an SP 😉

    Heh... gotta give 'em time to get it right. 😉 Remember the RTM of 2005... yeah... that was uncomfortable.

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

  • Jeff Moden (4/10/2014)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/2/2014)


    Jeff Moden (4/2/2014)


    Heh... waiting for SP1. 😉

    Good grief, there may be 25 CUs released before they even think about an SP 😉

    Heh... gotta give 'em time to get it right. 😉 Remember the RTM of 2005... yeah... that was uncomfortable.

    Actually no, I don't remember that release 😛 😉

    Need an answer? No, you need a question
    My blog at https://sqlkover.com.
    MCSE Business Intelligence - Microsoft Data Platform MVP

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