SQL Server 2012 enables a cloud-ready information platform that will help organizations unlock breakthrough insights across the organization as well as quickly build solutions and extend data across on-premises and public cloud backed by capabilities for mission critical confidence:
- Deliver required uptime and data protection with AlwaysOn
- Gain breakthrough & predictable performance with ColumnStore Index
- Help enable security and compliance with new User-defined Roles and Default Schema for Groups
- Enable rapid data discovery for deeper insights across the organization with ColumnStore Index
- Ensure more credible, consistent data with SSIS improvements, a Master Data Services add-in for Excel, and new Data Quality Services
- Optimize IT and developer productivity across server and cloud with Data-tier Application Component (DAC) parity with SQL Azure and SQL Server Data Tools for a unified dev experience across database, BI, and cloud functions
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Reference:Â Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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Thought to mention, PowerView, BISM are the prominent ones in the MS BI side of SQL Server 2012. Have a question.
Even after RTM version release, why do we have evaluation edition when Developer edition of SQL Server 2012 is given for free and what would it take to upgrade from evaluation version to RTM at later point of time. Please help me understand better.
I am trying to work with BIDS in 2012. I have installed SQL 2012 management studio on my local machine. Also installed Visual studio 10 shell. But unable to see bids environment. can u please help me.