Get cumulative update number for SQL Server Version

Question:I’m trying to find the latest sql cumulative update on a SQL Server. I’ve read the post SQL Server Get SQL Server Version ( SQL Server DBA) and have extracted the details. How can I tell from the information the cumulative update.?

The SQL Server version details returned are: 12.0.5538.0 . It’s SQL Server 2014 but how do I know the Cumulative Update version?

Answer:As you have read the post SQL Server Get SQL Server Version ( SQL Server DBA) getting the sql server version is recorded within the SQL Server meta data. A Cumulative Update (CU) is created and contains a list of hot fixes . Keeping up to date with a CU can be more practical for a DBA. Having to keep up to date with every hotfix can be a daunting task.

Once you have the information from one of the methods posted in , you can obtain the CU version number by checking a host of references on the Microsoft site. One such example:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/321185/how-to-determine-the-version,-edition-and-update-level-of-sql-server-and-its-components

The example you’ve given : 12.0.5538.0 is CU3 for SQL 2014 SP2