E' disponbile la CTP della SP2 si SQL Server 2005:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/ctp.mspx
e qui il link delle (interessanti) novità
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/b/5/2b5e5d37-9b17-423d-bc8f-b11ecd4195b4/WhatsNewSQL2005SP2.htm
Dando una velocissima lettura, balzano all'occhio interessanti features:
- Added logon triggers
- [...]New storage format, known as vardecimal storage format, stores decimal and numeric data as variable length columns[...]
- Custom Reports. Users can now integrate their own management reports into Management Studio.