Yuval Sinay : SQL 2012

Microsoft® ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server® - Windows

yuval14 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:28:59 GMT

“Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server is a single dynamic-link library (DLL) containing run-time support for applications using native-code APIs to connect to Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, and SQL Server 2012. Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server should be used to create new applications or enhance existing applications that need to take advantage of new SQL Server 2012 features. This redistributable installer for Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server installs the client components needed during run time to take advantage of new SQL Server 2012 features, and optionally installs the header files needed to develop an application that uses the ODBC API.” Microsoft® ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server® – Windows can be download from the following link.

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1 Feature Pack

yuval14 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:38:16 GMT

“The Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1 Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone packages which provide additional value for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1. It includes the latest versions of:

Tool and components for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1.
Add-on providers for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1.”

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1 Feature Pack can be download from the following link.

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1 Report Builder

yuval14 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:50:18 GMT

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1 “Report Builder provides data visualizations that include charts, maps, sparklines, and data bars that can help produce new insights well beyond what can be achieved with standard tables and charts. Use Report Builder to create reports and shared datasets. Publish report parts, and then browse the Report Part Gallery to reuse existing report parts as building blocks for creating new reports quickly with a “grab and go” experience. “ Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1 can be download from the following link.

Microsoft Connectors v1.2 for Oracle and Teradata

yuval14 — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:11:45 GMT

“Microsoft Connector Version 1.2 for Oracle by Attunity - The Oracle source and destination components are written to achieve optimal performance when loading data into Oracle or unloading data from Oracle in the context of Microsoft SSIS.
Microsoft Connector Version 1.2 for Teradata by Attunity - The components are written to achieve optimal performance when loading data into Teradata or unloading data from Teradata in the context of Microsoft SSIS.
Microsoft SSIS Connectors by Attunity Version 1.2 is a minor release. It includes performance enhancements, bug fixes, and continued improvements for ease of use.
The following enhancements were made:

Teradata Enhancement - Support for TPT API 14.0 and TPT API 13.10.
Support was added for Teradata 13.10 and Teradata 14.0 by supporting TPT API version 13.0 and TPT API version 14.0 (14.00.00.02 or higher). Previous versions of the TPT API are still supported.
Teradata Enhancement - Starting from Teradata 13.0 Teradata database supports DDL with no primary index which was introduced specifically for loading data faster into Teradata; these tables were not listed in the table dropdown list.
Teradata Bug Fix - Teradata DDL supports column names being reserved words. Teradata Connector could not work with tables having such columns.
Teradata Bug Fix - Teradata destination component failed to read problematic rows from the error table with the following error: “Errors while trying to read error tables. Invalid TPT operator.”
The connectors can be download from the following link.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express

yuval14 — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:23:23 GMT

“Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Express is a powerful and reliable free data management system that delivers a rich and reliable data store for lightweight Web Sites and desktop applications.”. Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Express can be download from the following link.

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Best Practices Analyzer

yuval14 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:50:35 GMT

“The Microsoft SQL Server 2012 BPA is a diagnostic tool that performs the following functions:

Gathers information about a Server and a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instance installed on that Server
Determines if the configurations are set according to the recommended best practices
Reports on all configurations, indicating settings that differ from recommendations
Indicates potential problems in the installed instance of SQL Server
Recommends solutions to potential problems”

The SQL Server 2012 Best Practices Analyzer can be downloaded from the following link.

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Feature Pack

yuval14 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:49:48 GMT

“The Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone packages which provide additional value for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012.” Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Feature Pack can be downloaded from the following link.

SQL Server 2012 Released to Manufacturing

yuval14 — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:55:26 GMT

"Exciting news! Microsoft announced today that SQL Server 2012 has released to manufacturing. Customers and partners can download an evaluation of the product today and can expect general availability to begin on April 1. Microsoft also announced today an additional preview of an Apache Hadoop-based service on Windows Azure that will be available in the first half of 2012 to connect SQL Server and integrated business intelligence tools with unstructured data. For more information about today’s news, check out Microsoft corporate vice president Ted Kummert’s post on the Official Microsoft Blog, and for even more information, check out the STB News Bytes Blog.

Tomorrow, don’t forget to attend the SQL Server 2012 Virtual Launch Event, featuring keynotes by Ted Kummert and Quentin Clark and a number of video presentations about SQL Server 2012 by other SQL Server experts.”

Source: SQL Server 2012 Released to Manufacturing