SQL Server 2012 Training

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SQL Server 2012 Training

Microsoft released SQL Server 2012 earlier this year. The platform has significant investments in the relational database engine, business intelligence capabilities, spatial features, and administration and monitoring tools. Formal SQL Server 2012 training will benefit new database administrators (DBAs), experienced DBAs who are new to SQL Server, and DBAs with a strong SQL Server background who want to learn more about the new edition. SQL Server 2012 training will help both technical personnel and IT managers understand the new features available in SQL Server 2012. Learning about the new features is the best way to evaluate the platform for migration, and to make the most out of it once your organization is using it.  New features in SQL Server 2012 include:

  AlwaysOn: If you have databases with high uptime requirements, new availability features in SQL Server 2012 will make you happy. Availability groups give you more flexibility in clustering and failover, and mirrored servers no longer need to be in the same data center. 

Server Roles: DBAs are used to assigning database roles to individuals and groups. SQL Server 2012 introduces the idea of server roles. Now a DBA can create a server-based role for, as an example, "developers" that would grant a set of permissions to a set of databases. 

SQL Server Developer Tools (SSDT): Previously code named "Juneau," this is the developer side of SQL Server 2012. The developer tools are a downloadable plugin for Visual Studio 2010. Building on the previous Visual Studio database tools, SSDT adds a composite project feature that enables adding SQL Server features to a developer's project. There are additional advanced features such as source control integration and schema engineering and comparison as well. 

Sequences: SQL Server now has sequences. While the Oracle DBAs are cheering, if you don't understand the benefit of sequences, SQL Server 2012 training can help you benefit from this new feature. 

Spatial: There are a number of improvements to SQL Server's spatial engine, which makes this a great opportunity to dig into spatial data if you haven't done so before. 

Business Intelligence: Microsoft continues investing in SQL Server as a business intelligence (BI) platform. Their new vision for BI is the "business intelligence semantic model" or BISM. 

This just scratches the surface of what's new in SQL Server 2012. Training classes are the best way to get an overview of the benefits and to dig into those areas that will best benefit your organization.

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History of SQL Server

SQL Server by Microsoft is an industry-leading, effective database solution. For database administrators and even everyday technicians, training in SQL Server is crucial to learning how to manage and work with this handy database platform. It is also vital for IT professionals to understand the evolution of SQL, its beginnings and how it got to its current place in the industry.

Origins: Sybase

Released in 1989, Microsoft SQL Server shared its development with the Sybase Corporation. Sybase and Microsoft worked together on developing the technology with each retaining the rights to market the resulting products to different platforms. Since Windows didn’t exist yet, Microsoft owned the rights to develop SQL for OS/2. Microsoft improved subsequent SQL editions based on user feedback, evolving the code from Sybase through version 6.0. This version is important because it is the first edition of SQL developed for an NT-based Windows platform.

SQL Moves from Sybase

Microsoft’s final Sybase-based version of SQL was SQL7. The next version, SQL 2000, featured a change in naming convention and underlying technology. SQL Server training was on the rise and the newly-minted DBAs wanted new features. This demand resulted in the development of key features like Query Analyzer, SQL Profiler and SQL Enterprise Manager. Hearing the cries of the end user, Microsoft was evolving SQL with these and other vital new features that were laying the foundation for future growth.

More Stability

Like its predecessor, SQL Server 2005 was developed in part to suit specific needs. Greater scalability, better and more easily-managed security and higher availability and uptime were the goals of this latest edition of SQL. These objectives were met with solutions built around encryption, more security options and, a first, clustering. XML support was also added to SQL, which would prove to be a major building block for future editions.

Better Reliability and Administration

While scalability was a major goal of 2005, it didn’t really come into its own until SQL 2008. This new edition featured enhanced database compression technology which allowed for databases to scale much better. Administrators were also pleased with the new “Always On” technology that enhanced SQL’s reliability. PowerShell, now a vital management tool, was also introduced in the 2008 edition of SQL.

Into Today

SQL Server 2012 continues to meet the needs of its customers while offering a glimpse of Microsoft’s aims for the future. Server Core support and more robust PowerShell integration grant better reliability while pointing to a future where Windows servers may be GUI-free. Other new features include better clustering, enhanced Business Intelligence integration and web-based visualization. As customer need evolves, so is SQL.

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SQL Server 2012 Training Available

SQL Server 2012 Training Whether you are currently running SQL Server, or SQL Server 2012 will be the first version of SQL Server you've installed, SQL Server 2012 training can bring your database administrators and software developers current on Microsoft's latest data platform.

Resource Governor: SQL Server Resource Governor has been improved in the 2012 version. The improvements make it easier to manage performance in multi-tenancy environments, and also ease management of the variety of database applications found in the modern enterprise.

Scalability: SQL Server 2012 improvements in indexing and partition support provide significant increases both relational and OLAP performance.

Security: Changes to the security and audit models give database administrators more granular control over what users will be able to access, following the principle of least privilege.

Programmability: If you haven't looked at SQL Server's spatial features yet, you absolutely need to be sure you understand what SQL Server can do for you with respect to mapping and spatial relationships. SQL Server 2012 training from QuickStart Intelligence covers spatial data and more.

Manageability: SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server 2012 enables debugging T-SQL scripts running on SQL Server 2005 SP2 or later.

Availability: SQL Server 2012 has a new feature called "AlwaysOn Availability Groups" which combines the benefits of clustering and mirroring.

Data Quality Services: This new SQL Server feature provides a framework to use cloud-based services and a custom knowledge base to maintain the cleanliness of data stored in the database. Data Quality Services can provide standardization and de-duplication of data, as well as correct data and even enrich data with other information found online.



Business Intelligence Edition: SQL Server 2012 introduces the Business Intelligence Edition. The Business Intelligence Edition packages Analysis Services, Data Warehousing features, and Enterprise Reporting Services features in a lower-cost edition.



SQL Server 2012 training provided by QuickStart Intelligence provides the essentials to bring you and your staff up to speed quickly on the new features. The training course can also normalize the platform knowledge of your entire staff. 



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