{"id":2540,"date":"2012-03-08T07:51:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T06:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/sql-server-2012-rtm-now-available\/"},"modified":"2012-03-08T07:51:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T06:51:43","slug":"sql-server-2012-rtm-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/sql-server-2012-rtm-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server 2012: RTM now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The so called Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of SQL Server 2012 now is available.<\/p>\n<h3>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 RTM<\/h3>\n<p>The RTM version usually is one of the last versions prior to product commercialization. The RTM version of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (11.0.2100.60) is available since 6 March 2012.<\/p>\n<p>It is available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), and Russian for European countries. Other languages are Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.<br \/>\nYou can download this new version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/details.aspx?id=29066\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Feature Pack<\/h3>\n<p>The Feature Pack is for specific SQL Server Services or generic ones like Microsoft SQL Server 2012 LocalDB (see my article about this topic <a href=\"\/sql-server-2012-express-localdb-rc0-is-available\">here<\/a>) or Microsoft SQL Server StreamInsight v2.0.<\/p>\n<p>Some features of the Engine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL ScriptDom<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL Compiler Service<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft System CLR Types for Microsoft SQL Server 2012<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Remote Blob Store<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft SQL Server Service Broker External Activator for Microsoft SQL Server 2012<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Performance Dashboard Reports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some features of Analysis Services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 ADOMD.NET<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Analysis Services OLE DB Provider for Microsoft SQL Server 2012<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Management Objects<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Data Mining Add-ins for Office 2010<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Data Mining Viewer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some features of Reporting Services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft SQL Server Report Builder for Microsoft SQL Server 2012<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And more other features&#8230;:roll:<br \/>\nYou can see and download the Feature Pack <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/details.aspx?id=29065\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>SQL Server Data Tools<\/h3>\n<p>Here is an overview from the download site:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SQL Server Data Tools is a tool for on and off-premise database development within Visual Studio. 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