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A couple of days ago, Microsoft published the second Cumulative Update (CU2) for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1. If this CU covers an issue you are experiencing, you should install it quickly. Otherwise, it is not mandatory. Which issues are covered by this CU2? This CU2 contains 51 Hotfixes: 35 for the Engine 6 for SSAS 3 for SSIS 7…
For this end of the year, I decided to present you the new permissions on SQL Server 2012. How to have a list of all permissions ? It’s very simple with this query: SELECT * FROM sys.fn_builtin_permissions(”) SQL 2008 R2 SQL 2012 With this comparison, you can see that there are 19 new permissions in SQL Server 2012. To have a great…
A couple of days ago (20 November 2012), Microsoft rolled out the first cumulative update (CU1) for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1). It’s just two weeks after the release of the first Service Pack (SP1) we are talking about here. What this first CU for SQL Server 2012 SP1 features: This CU1 contains 44 hotfixes: 33 for the…
Some days ago, the 6th of November, the first Service Pack for SQL Server 2012 was made available on the Microsoft website. SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 includes SQL Server 2012 Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) and SQL Server 2012 Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) and therefore all hotfixes that they were included. Which issues are fixed in the SP1: There are…
This week, the third cumulative update was made available on the Microsoft website. What is in this CU for SQL Server 2012? This CU has 36 hotfixes: 25 for the engine 1 for SSAS 4 for SSIS 6 for SSRS To have more information and download it, click here Historic of SQL Server 2012 If you update your SQL Server…
For this last day (
) of the TechEd 2012, I going to present the new certification cycle for dba who wants to be certified for SQL Server 2012. But before, let’s start with a brief introduction on Enterprise Information Management, also called EIM
Today it’s the real beginning of the TechEd with several sessions in parallel.
In my precedent article, I announce you the first fix for SQL Server 2012.
One week after, the first cumulative update is downloadable on Microsoft website for SQL Server 2012.
It’s just a little blog to announce you that the first fix for SQL Server 2012 came out last week on Easter Break.
The so called Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of SQL Server 2012 now is available.
Since a few days, Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Express LocalDB Release Candidate 0 is online.
We looked forward to and it has finally arrived…
Since Friday, Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Release Candidate 0 is online.
