What is New?

• 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

very important!! Pyramid Analytics ( www.PyramidAnalytics.com ) has completed the competency against Sql 2012 Cubes, and Tabulator Model.

So, Now PA can connect them safe and sound.

download link to the RC0 Page : http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28145