Ahead of its April 1 release, SQL Server 2014 hit its RTM milestone this week.
Microsoft said that Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2012 will be released "later this year."
Microsoft on Monday released public previews of Windows Server 2012 R2, SQL Server 2014 and System Center 2012 R2..
Microsoft unveiled SQL Server 2014 on Monday and said the new version is designed with "cloud-first principles."
CTP4 includes improved AlwaysOn Availability Group migration and better query capabilities over XML data.
Minor fixes included in this second service pack for SQL Server 2008 R2.
Microsoft's most recent release of its Excel 2013 and SharePoint 2013 previews are designed to show off their BI capabilities.
Many TechEd Conference sessions can be accessed online.
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In the midst of my playing around with the new SQL Server Data Tools, the Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate came out. So I thought I'd upgrade...
I've been playing with the new SQL Server Data Tools, and I'm impressed by the way Microsoft has gotten the product out for review and is improving it with user-requested functionality.
In-memory database comes from Starcounter, a Swedish company that announced the world's "fastest consistent database" thanks to patent-pending technology.
Microsoft released demos of both to get them in front of developers; already there's a wishlist of features from developers. Here's some of my initial thoughts and experiments with them.
LocalDB is making life easier for database developers working in the Visual Studio 11 IDE.
SQL Server licensing will undergo some adjustments as version 2012 is released in April.
Microsoft has introduced SQL Server 2012 to the world and it's time for IT professionals to start to come to speed on what's new.
- By Joey D'Antoni
- 03/14/2012
Microsoft's upcoming SQL Server version has now been approved for release-to-manufacturing (RTM).
Microsoft indicated today that SQL Server 2012 is nearing product release.
It's been a long time coming, but Microsoft finally pushed out a 64-bit SQL Server Open Database Connectivity driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Microsoft has issued a release candidate version of SQL Server 2012 for download and testing.