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What's New in SQL Server 2012

by Rachel Horder

October 2012

Intermediate to advanced

238 pages

5h 17m

English

Packt Publishing

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What this book covers

Downloading the example codeErrataPiracyQuestions
SQL Server 2012 EditionsEnterprise EditionStandard EditionBusiness Intelligence EditionLicensing in the CloudDeveloper EditionExpress EditionObtaining SQL Server 2012EvaluationRetailNavigating the Installation Process
Management Studio keyboard shortcutsNew Dynamic Management Views (DMVs)The new OS Volume Stats DMVSpatial indexesColumnstore indexesCreating a columnstore indexRestrictionsContained databasesMaking an existing database partially containedMigrating your logins to a contained databaseContained database security
Default schemas for groupsUser defined server rolesSQL Server Audit enhancements
String functionsCONCATFORMAT
EOMONTHDATEFROMPARTSTIMEFROMPARTSDATETIMEFROMPARTSDATETIMEOFFSETFROMPARTS
TRY_PARSEPARSEIIF
FIRST_VALUELAST_VALUELAGLEAD
Database ProjectsSupport for SQL Server 2005, 2008 and SQL AzureIntelliSense and debuggingInstalling SQL Server Data ToolsInstalling without Visual Studio 2010 pre-installedInstalling with Visual Studio 2010 pre-installedCreating a new project
Business Intelligence Semantic Model
Multidimensional and data mining modelCreating a multidimensional model databaseTabular modelTabular model databaseThe xVelocity tabular engine modeCreating a tabular model databasePowerPivot for the SharePoint modelInstalling a modelMultidimensional and Tabular modelsPowerPivot for SharePointDetermining a previously installed model
Using scalable string storage
Deprecated features
Minority Reporting Services
SSISDB – the SSIS Catalog database
Giving users access to integration services
Upgrading from SQL Server 2005 and 2008
Adding a connection manager at the package levelChanging the scope of a connection manager
Validating a project or packageQuerying the SSISDB
How to set up basic SSIS loggingView the results of logging
Setting up a Data Tap
Reasons for using Data Quality Services
Enabling TCP/IP for remote access to the DQS serverMaking data accessible for DQS operationsGranting a DQS role on DQS_Main for DQS users
Understanding domains
Identifying invalid records and columnsDQS versus T-SQL
Mirroring, clustering and availability groupsAvailability groupsAvailability group restrictionsAvailability group advantagesUsing availability groups
TerminologyDistributed ReplayTrace fileIntermediate fileControllerClientTargetDReplay
CapturePreprocessReplayConfigurationMonitoringCanceling
Measure twice, cut once
Reasons for migrating to the cloudSQL Azure suitabilityHow SQL Azure differs from hosted web and database servicesDifferences between a public and private cloudMigrating a database to SQL AzurePublic cloud costsDifferences between SQL Azure and SQL Server Standard/Enterprise editionsUsing SQL AzureNew skillsSQL Azure and the future of databases
What is big data?The need for big data platformsIs SQL Server redundant?About HadoopAbout HiveDifferences in the Microsoft environmentHadoop and OLTPGetting started with HadoopThe Microsoft Hadoop/Sqoop connector

Content preview from What's New in SQL Server 2012

Chapter 1. Installing SQL Server 2012

When Microsoft releases a major new version of a software product that is as big as SQL Server, it is an exciting time. They are on a schedule of one major release every four years and every release is increasingly more remarkable than the last.

Between us, the authors, we have covered a variety of development and administration roles spanning several decades. Over this time we have taken much delight in watching SQL Server grow stronger, gain more market share, take on new features, and even fix some critical issues too. We started working with SQL Server 6.5 way back in the 1990s and it has been a fascinating journey, arriving here in 2012 with new features that we could hardly have envisaged all those years ...

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