As December begins the realization is that Year 2014 is about to come to an end. The month of November was a travel month for me. I have travelled to 6 different cities, 2 countries and 3 different conferences presenting and discussing SQL Server. While presenting at this conference I realized that even though SQL Server 2014 has been released for quite a while, the adoption of the product is very slow. There are two main reasons, I figured out regarding why there is not much of the adoption of SQL Server.
Reason 1: Price of the SQL Server 2014
It seems like there is heavy concern about the upgrade price for SQL Server 2014. Many are concerned that SQL Server 2014 is the expense they would not be able to justify to their boss if they are already using SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012. There were quite a many developers who were even concerned that there are not enough features introduced in SQL Server which can be justified as a solid reason to upgrade to SQL Server.
Well, here is where the second reason kicks in.
Reason 2: Lack of Learning Resources
Lots of people complained that there are not enough resources which can teach them SQL Server 2014. There are MSDN and few other website, but there is no real course out there which can walk users with them to upgrade them to the latest version of SQL Server. The lack of good resources out is also one of the reasons for why many organizations are not aware of what SQL Server 2014 has to offer and how it can be justified to upgrade.
SQL Server 2014 Video Course
Earlier this year I have created a Pluralsight course on SQL Server 2014 Administration New Features. The course is very popular as it covers quite a few of the most talked features of SQL Server 2014. I earlier recommended this course to quite a few who wants to upgrade themselves to SQL Server 2014. I have so far received very good feedback on this course. This course also talks about Azure, Security and Performance tuning aspects of SQL Server 2014. If you are new to SQL Server or even if you are familiar with earlier version of SQL Server but wants to upgrade yourself to the new version of SQL Server. This is the course which you want to explore and learn.
Here is the abstract of the course: Every new release of SQL Server brings a whole load of new features that an administrator can add to their arsenal of efficiency. This course takes a tour of the basic new features that were introduced, including backup, security, column store enhancements, Resource Governor, General Administration, Azure integration, extensions with SQL Server 2014 and more.
Here is the image of the actual course page which describes the outline of the course.
If you are interested in learning this course. Leave a comment and I have few passes for FREE learning of this course which I can share with you. Make sure you have provided your correct email address.
Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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Hi Pinal,
I’m interested in this course.
Regards
Hi Pinal,
I’m interested in this course.
Thank you.
I would want to join this course. Hope the free pass are yet available :-)
I too am trying to convince management that an upgrade is in order. This course wold give me the ammunition I need to go to battle.
Thanks for this opportunity to extend my knowledge through excellent free courses such as this.
Hi, it looks like excellent resource, I am interested. Thank you.
Hi Pinal,
I am intrsted in this course.
Hey Pinal glad if you could please give me the pass. Rest of followers also need it but i would love to get lucky.
I’m Interested in this course.
Many followers are in need but i would love to get lucky.
Interested! Thank you sir.
Hi,Pinal
I am interested in learning Sql Server 2014.
I have been looking for ways to justify the cost of upgrading our 2008 R2 cluster to 2014, mostly to gain the benefit of some of the performance tuning tools I have read about. Would love to check out this course, if possible.
Do you discuss Enterprise versus Standard in the course, at all?
Thanks!
Pinal, I am working as a DBA in New Jersey for a health Insurance company and I am looking for resources that would help me upgrade our existing SQL server 2008 R2 server to SQL 2014. The course you listed above seems to be a good place to start. If you have a pass for free learning kindly share with me. Thank you in advance. Regards Vijay Garapati
Hi Pinal Dave:
I do appreciate your blog as it has been informative and entertaining. But I especially benefit from how you relate things in simple terms and concepts.
The course you describe looks like it would be very valuable. I would be very interested in it.
Thank you and have a greta week,
David
Hi Pinal,
I am interested in the course .
Thank you
Hi Pinal,
I am interested to have your valuable pluralsight course. Thank you.
I’m interested in learning SQL Server 2014. And I have been a member of Plural Sight, but what I don’t like about their site is the pricing model. I do think their courses are the best I’ve ever seen, but sometimes I don’t have time to watch videos, though you end up paying monthly, so you continue to pay even if you can’t watch. Also when you’re done with the course you have no reference materials, no sub titles or transcripts(in case you can’t understand some of the words of the speaker), and having no references it not a good thing in our field.
Hi Pinal,
I am interested in the course .
Thank you
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Hi Pinal
I am also interested