Posts tagged "sql server 2012"

Posted by Ami Levin on Sunday, 20 May 2012

I've recently encountered some confusion regarding one of the new components of SQL Server 2012, the SQL Server Data Tools AKA SSDT. From the questions in the MSDN SQL Server forum which I moderate, I realized that the distinction between SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and SSDT is not clear enough to many. I have to agree that Microsoft did leave some space for confusion and a lot of duplicate functionality in both tools so let's try to clear up a bit of this confusion.

Posted by Ami Levin on Tuesday, 10 April 2012

SQL Server 2012 brings with it so many new features and enhancements that it is futile to try and sum it up. Many articles and blog posts have been and will be written on the shiny new HA/DR, T-SQL, Columnstore and batch processing and numerous others. In this short post, I want to draw your attention to some less ‘shiny’ work that will affect your first interaction with SQL Server 2012 – the installation process.

Posted by Ami Levin on Wednesday, 07 March 2012

The long expected announcement has finally come...

Partners and customers can already download the evaluation version, GA to begin ~ April 1st.