Overview
Microsoft SQL Server is a cloud-ready information platform that will help organizations unlock breakthrough insights across the organization and quickly build solutions to extend data across on-premises and public cloud, backed by mission critical confidence.
Capabilities
Mission Critical ConfidenceRequired 9s and protection
Deliver required uptime and data protection, server to cloud without wasting time and money.
Blazing-fast performance Gain breakthrough and predictable performance backed by industry-leading benchmarks.
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Breakthrough InsightRapid data discovery
Empower end users with new insights through rapid data exploration and visualization.
Managed self-service BI Enable users with self-service BI while gaining better monitoring and management capabilities for IT.
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Cloud On Your TermsScale on demand
Scale on demand with flexible and hybrid deployment options on your terms server to cloud.
Extend any data, virtually anywhere Extend the reach of data virtually anywhere across server and/or cloud with expansive developer technologies.
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SQL Server 2012 Editions
SQL Server 2012 will provide Mission Critical Confidence with greater uptime, blazing-fast performance and enhanced security features for mission critical workloads; Breakthrough Insight with managed self-service data exploration and stunning interactive data visualizations capabilities; Cloud On Your Own Terms by enabling the creation and extension of solutions across on-premises and public cloud. SQL Server 2012 will be available in three main editions:
EnterpriseEnterprise for Mission Critical & Applications Data Warehousing
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Business Intelligence NEW!Business Intelligence for Premium Self-Service and Corporate Business Intelligence
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Reasons to Migrate to SQL Server 2012
Organizations today are under tremendous pressure to implement effective cost-control strategies without sacrificing growth, productivity, functionality, or flexibility. Enterprises that currently support multiple data platforms face issues of inconsistency and higher short-term and long-term licensing and service costs. As a database management solution, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 provides everything an organization needs to lower its total-cost-of-ownership, manage all volumes of data from birth to archival, and provide mission-critical functionality and reliability.
Top benefits of migrating:
Top benefits of migrating:
- Low total-cost-of-ownership
- Full scalability, up and out
- Increased performance and speed
- Reduced IT and storage costs
- Minimized downtime
- Always-On Technologies: always available
- Consolidated, enterprise-class environment
- Interoperability with Microsoft Office
Which platform are you migrating from?
The free Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) makes it easy to migrate data from Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL, and Sybase to SQL Server. SSMA converts the database objects to SQL Server database objects, loads those objects into SQL Server, migrates data to SQL Server, and then validates the migration of code and data.
Why migrate from Oracle, Access, MySQL or Sybase?
SQL Server 2008 R2 provides everything an organization needs to lower its total-cost-of-ownership, manage all volumes of data from birth to archival, and provide mission-critical functionality, reliability, scalability, and security. SQL Server helps you to consolidate databases, virtualize servers, compress data, allocate resources more effectively, and manage with policies.