Aug 25, 2016 - Microsoft released CU1 for SQL Server 2014 SP2

Written by Vidas Matelis. Posted in SSAS News

On Aug 25, 2016 Microsoft released Cumulative Update package 1 (CU1) for SQL Server 2014 SP2.

This update contains hotfixes for issues that were fixed after the release of SQL Server 2014 SP2. This build number of this cumulative update package is 12.0.5511.0. SQL Server CUs are certified to the same levels as Service Packs, and should be installed at the same level of confidence.

List of fixes related to SQL Server Analysis Services / Power Pivot 2014 SP2:

Release	SQL Bug Number	KB Article Number	Description
CU1	7990673	3178541	PivotTable connects to incorrect data source in SQL Server 2012 or 2014 PowerPivot for SharePoint
CU1	7990684	3150432	Performance of Analysis Services in Multidimensional mode degrades over time
CU1	7990668	3171516	Update to add a security warning message when you schedule data refresh for PowerPivot workbooks
CU1	7520685	3151526	FIX: Incremental deployment of an Analysis Services project to SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 causes unexpected shutdown
CU1	7694336	3160874	FIX: Selection change on Excel grouping errors out when the data is from a SQL Server Analysis Services ROLAP partition