Tag Archives: SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2012 Multisite Failover Cluster Instance Enhancements Whitepaper

Posted on December 12, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

The SQL Server 2012 Multisite Failover Cluster Instance Whitepaper has just been published.  This whitepaper contains some of the many AlwaysOn enhancements available in SQL Server 2012.

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SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) Available for Download

Posted on November 18, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

Microsoft has now publically released SQL Server 2012 RC0.  If you have not downloaded CTP3, go ahead and download RC0 and start getting familiar with it.  RC0 should be very stable, so I don’t expect that you will find many … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Licensing Model Overhauled for SQL 2012

Posted on November 3, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

November 3, 2011 – Today Microsoft announced that the licensing model for SQL Server 2012 will be dramatically different from previous versions of SQL Server. For the first time, Microsoft will start charging for “computing power” – yes, that means … Continue reading →

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sp_server_diagnostics

Posted on August 16, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

SQL Server “Denali” has introduced a new way to capture SQL Server health and diagnostic information with the sp_server_diagnostics stored procedure: sp_server_diagnostics [@repeat_interval =] ‘repeat_interval_in_seconds’ The stored procedure runs in “repeat mode” and periodically returns results.  Specifying 0 as the … Continue reading →

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