Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed

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New SQL Server 2012 Features

So what does SQL Server 2012 have to offer over SQL Server 2008 R2? Following is an overview of the new features provided in SQL Server 2012:

New storage features—Columnstore indexes, FileTable storage.

New Transact-SQL (T-SQL) constructs—Sequence objects, THROW statement, new conversion, logical, string, and date and time functions, and ad hoc query paging.

New scalability and performance features—Indirect checkpoints, ...

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