The upcoming SQL server will get a major overhaul in terms of licencing, a very good article from Mr. Denny on same is as below, http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/sql-server-2012-licensing-changes/ In short, SQL Server is reducing the number of editions from 6 down to 4 (I’m excluding all the different appliances here). Those editions will be Express, Standard, BI, and Enterprise Edition. The express edition will still be a free edition with limited functionality. BI is a new introduction […]

Since last few months SQL Server Denali (code name) is going under testing and recently during SQL Pass Summit 2011 Microsoft announced the name of upcoming SQL server as SQL Server 2012 (Source: http://www.sqlmag.com/article/sqlserverdenali/sql-server-2012-name-upcoming-sql-server-release-140882), it will be released in first half of next year and below are few significant features of SQL server 2012, Source: http://www.sqlmag.com/content1/tabid/461/catpath/sqlserverdenali/topic/sql-server-denali-new-features-140115 The next release of Microsoft SQL Server, code-named Denali, is right around the corner. Microsoft has just released Denali […]