SQL Server Analysis Service Events - Useful Information

Microsoft Analysis Services Events

Date Event
1996-07-01 Microsoft opens new team to build an OLAP product, codenamed
Plato (permutation of letters from OLAP)

1996-07-15 Panorama Software delegation meets with Microsoft
1996-10-27 Microsoft announces acquisition of Panorama Software development team
1998-11 OLAP Services 7.0 (codename Sphinx) ships
2000-08 Analysis Services 2000 (codename Shiloh) ships
2001-11 XML for Analysis Software Development Kit 1.0 ships
2003-04 ADOMD.NET and XML for Analysis SDK 1.1 ship
2005-10-28 Analysis Services 2005 (codename Yukon) ships
2008-08-06 Analysis Services 2008 (codename Katmai) ships
2010-12-21 Analysis Services 2008 R2
2011-07-11 Analysis Services 2008 R2 – SP1


SQL Server Release History
Version Year Release Name Codename
1.0(OS/2)1989 SQL Server 1.0
(16bit)
1.1(OS/2)1991 SQL Server 1.1
(16bit) -
4.21 1993 SQL Server 4.21 SQLNT
(WinNT)
6.0 1995 SQL Server 6.0 SQL95
6.5 1996 SQL Server 6.5 Hydra
7.0 1998 SQL Server 7.0 Sphinx
- 1999 SQL Server 7.0
OLAP Tools Plato
8.0 2000 SQL Server 2000 Shiloh
8.0 2003 SQL Server 2000
64-bit Edition Liberty
9.0 2005 SQL Server 2005 Yukon
10.0 2008 SQL Server 2008 Katmai
10.25 2010 SQL Azure Matrix (aka CloudDB)
10.5 2010 SQL Server 2008 R2 Kilimanjaro (aka KJ)
11.0 2012 SQL Server 2012 Denali