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What's New in SQL Server 2012

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What's New in SQL Server 2012

Overview of this book

Microsoft SQL Server has been part of the enterprise database landscape since SQL Server 7 arrived in 1998 and has evolved into the relational and BI platform of choice by businesses around the globe. The performance and full feature set of SQL Server has been widely recognized by the business community and it is viewed as a powerful weapon in their database and business intelligence arsenal. SQL Server brings numerous benefits to all businesses, central to which is a thorough understanding of the technology, both current and new.This is the book both DBAs and developers always wanted to buy but could never find in the bookstore. This is a SQL Server book that contains only the new features introduced in SQL Server 2012.This book will give you a competitive advantage by helping you to quickly learn and understand the new features of SQL Server 2012. Most readers will already have an established knowledge of SQL Server and will want to update their 2008/2008R2 knowledge swiftly with least pain.This book takes you through all of the new features of SQL Server 2012, from installing core database services and features, to the new administration and updated Transact-SQL functions. You will discover the new Analysis Services features, introduce data alerts and reporting features and explore the new enhancements to Integration Services. In addition you will learn how to automate, cleanse and transform critical business data with DQS and world-class enterprise level availability features.Finally, you will venture into simulating real-world database loads using Distributed Replay and complete your journey with a look at the new SQL Server cloud services and the new Hadoop big data platform.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
What's New in SQL Server 2012
Credits
About the Authors
Acknowledgment
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Installing SQL Server 2012
Index

Security management


There are a number of new enhancements to security in SQL Server 2012. Keeping your data secure is always high priority, so in the following section we will explore how these features can help you and how to put them in place.

Default schemas for groups

You can now define a default schema for a group, which most DBAs use to simplify administration. This avoids implicit schema creation, so when a user creates an object, it is created under the group schema instead of under database owner (dbo). This eases administration and saves objects from being created in the wrong schema. Furthermore, it avoids the possibility of a query using the wrong schema and returning incorrect results. This was one of the most requested security features for SQL Server 2012, so well done Microsoft for responding!

User defined server roles

Roles can already be created at the database level, but now SQL Server allows roles to be created at the server level too. This allows a finer level of control...