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Download Microsoft SQL Server 2012 RTM
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 enables a cloud-ready information platform that will help organizations unlock breakthrough insights across the organization.
Cumulative update package 4 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
This update contains hotfixes for issues that were fixed after the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1.
Note The build of this cumulative update package is known as build 10.50.2796.0.
Download – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2633146
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 launch March 7th
On March 7th, 2012 this online event will allow you to immerse yourself in the exciting New World of Data with SQL Server 2012. Engage not only Microsoft product teams, but with our partners and our most ground breaking customers. SQL Server 2012 is part of the broadest Data Platforms in technology today. Discover how it enables mission critical confidence, blazing fast performance, and stunning interactive data visualizations.
Link – www.sqlserverlaunch.com
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Release Candidate 0
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 RC0 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.
SQL Server 2012 RC0 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:
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28145&WT.mc_id=rss_alldownloads_all
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Release Candidate 0
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 RC0 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.
SQL Server 2012 RC0 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:
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28145&WT.mc_id=rss_alldownloads_all
Top 5 SQL Server 2012 Features
Quite simply, SQL Server 2012 is going to revolutionize the way we think about availability and recovery. Today, when we think about these concepts, we consider an individual database (log shipping, replication, mirroring) or an entire SQL Server instance (failover clustering). In SQL Server 2012, in addition to Failover Clustering enhancements, we’ll be able to treat a group of databases as an entity – a much more common requirement with today’s complex, multi-database applications. This entity is called an Availability Group.
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1(SP1) is now available for download. SQL Server 2008 R2 service packs are cumulative updates and upgrade all service levels of SQL Server 2008 R2 to SP1. This service pack contains the cumulative updates of SQL Server 2008 R2 cumulative update packages 1 thru 6. You can use these packages to upgrade any of the following SQL Server 2008 R2 editions:
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26727
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1(SP1) is now available for download. SQL Server 2008 R2 service packs are cumulative updates and upgrade all service levels of SQL Server 2008 R2 to SP1. This service pack contains the cumulative updates of SQL Server 2008 R2 cumulative update packages 1 thru 6. You can use these packages to upgrade any of the following SQL Server 2008 R2 editions:
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26727
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 CTP
SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1(SP1) Customer Technology Preview (CTP) is now available for download. SQL Server 2008 R2 service packs are cumulative updates and upgrade all service levels of SQL Server 2008 R2 to SP1 CTP. This service pack contains the cumulative updates up to SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 cumulative update packages 6.
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=bd200f8e-ba8a-45e3-af59-e28a9e2d17df
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 CTP
SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1(SP1) Customer Technology Preview (CTP) is now available for download. SQL Server 2008 R2 service packs are cumulative updates and upgrade all service levels of SQL Server 2008 R2 to SP1 CTP. This service pack contains the cumulative updates up to SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 cumulative update packages 6.
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=bd200f8e-ba8a-45e3-af59-e28a9e2d17df
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 RTM
Service Pack 4 (SP4) for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is now available for download. SQL Server 2005 service packs are cumulative, and this service pack upgrades all service levels of SQL Server 2005 to SP4 . You can use these packages to upgrade any of the following SQL Server 2005 editions:
- Enterprise
- Enterprise Evaluation
- Developer
- Standard
- Workgroup
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=b953e84f-9307-405e-bceb-47bd345baece
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 – PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010 – RTM
Microsoft® PowerPivot for Microsoft® Excel 2010 provides ground-breaking technology, such as fast manipulation of large data sets (often millions of rows), streamlined integration of data, and the ability to effortlessly share your analysis through Microsoft® SharePoint 2010.
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=e081c894-e4ab-42df-8c87-4b99c1f3c49b
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 – PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010 – RTM
Microsoft® PowerPivot for Microsoft® Excel 2010 provides ground-breaking technology, such as fast manipulation of large data sets (often millions of rows), streamlined integration of data, and the ability to effortlessly share your analysis through Microsoft® SharePoint 2010.
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=e081c894-e4ab-42df-8c87-4b99c1f3c49b
Migrate MySQL, Access Databases to the Cloud with SQL Server Migration Assistant
Microsoft has updated the SSMA (SQL Server Migration Assistant) family of products to include support for both Access and MySQL. This release makes it possible to move data directly and easily from local Microsoft Access databases or MySQL databases into SQL Azure. Microsoft refreshed the existing SSMA family of products for Oracle, Sybase and Access with this latest v4.2 release.
Microsoft delivers MySQL-to-SQL database migration tool
Microsoft has released its first SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL and refreshed its existing SSMA family of products for Oracle, Sybase and Access with the latest v4.2 release.
The SSMA is the latest of Microsoft’s free migration toolkits, already available for Oracle, Sybase and Access, and are designed to help IT teams overcome the manual challenges of migrating databases.
