Feb 23, 2012 - Microsoft released Cumulative Update package 5 (CU5) for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1

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On Feb 23, 2012 - Microsoft released Cumulative Update package 5 (CU5) for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Cumulative update package 5 for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 contains hotfixes for issues that were fixed after the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1.

Note This build of this cumulative update package is also known as build 10.50.2806.0.

List of fixes related to SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 R2 SP1:

SQL Bug Number	KB Article Number	Description
799333	2605756	FIX: Internal error when you run a MDX query that uses the Descendants function after you upgrade from SSAS 2005 to SSAS 2008 or to SSAS 2008 R2
854092	2636425	FIX: Incorrect result when you update multiple Excel 2010 worksheets that use PowerPivot for Excel 2010 at the same time in SQL Server 2008 R2
853102	2653917	FIX: "The data refresh job failed because it has been inactive for more than 3600 seconds" error message when you use SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot for SharePoint in some non-English environments
858625	2659075	FIX: Permissions across multiple roles are not additive as expected in SSAS 2008 R2
860062	2661225	FIX: Unable to connect to a data source when you use SQL Server Analysis Services 10.0 OLE DB Provider if you enable the "Automatically detect settings" option in the Connections tab of Internet Explorer
856454	2675230	FIX: MDX query fails in SSAS 2008 R2 if the query contains a DAX expression that has many levels of nested binary operators