FIX: A fix is available for SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 that enables you to rename SQL Azure databases in Object Explorer

A fix is available for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2008 R2 that enables users to rename SQL Azure databases in Object Explorer.

Since SQL Azure Service Update 2, SQL Azure supports the "ALTER DATABASE" statement to rename databases. This fix enables you to rename SQL Azure databases in Object Explorer. 

SQL Server 2008 R2

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 3. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008 R2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 R2 fix release. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

For more information about the "ALTER DATABASE" statement , visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) website: For more information about the Incremental Servicing Model for SQL Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information about the naming schema for SQL Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: