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The Data Explosion

The data explosion is happening at every level across every imaginable device, application and individual. Learn about today's challenges and how Microsoft SQL Server can help.


How to Buy

The SQL Server 2012 Editions have been streamlined to better align with how customers are deploying applications and solutions. SQL Server 2012 will be released in 3 main editions.


Customer Testimonials

Testimonials from the SQL Server community on their SQL Server 2012 experience and the features they're most excited about.

SQL Server 2012: Cloud-ready Information Platform

SQL Server 2012 is a cloud-ready information platform backed by best-in-class availability and performance. It can help organizations unlock breakthrough insights across the organization, quickly build solutions, and extend data across on-premises and public cloud.

Enable mission critical performance and availability at low TCO.

  • Improved Always On, new High Availability solution with 8x faster throughput and 2x faster failover.
  • Advanced Column-store index for astonishing performance gains - 10-100x.
  • Audit across all editions for ~45% greater compliance using built-in tools.

Unlock new insights with pervasive data discovery across the organization.

  • Power View and PowerPivot empower business users to create visually rich dashboards or reports in minutes, avoiding lengthy delays in business users getting the reports that they need.
  • Data Quality Services Partitioning scalability is now up to 15k for built-in data warehouse (DW) scale.

Quickly create business solutions on your terms across servers to private or public clouds.

  • Easily move applications across on-premises and cloud with unlimited virtualization and license mobility.
  • Enable Hybrid IT to provide flexibility and options across on-premises and the cloud.
  • Improved Common management & development tools: SQL Server® Data Tools, T-SQL & SSMS.

Learn more about Microsoft SQL Server 2012 now.

SQL Server User Defined Server Roles

Server Roles increase flexibility, manageability, and facilitate compliance towards better separation of duties. It allows creation of new server roles to suit different organizations that separate multiple administrators according to roles. Demo SQL Server User-Defined Server Roles features.

SQL Server Contained Database Authentication

Contained Database Authentication increases compliance by allowing users to be authenticated directly into user databases without logins. This demo provides an overview of SQL Server Contained Database Authentication.


SQL Server Private Cloud Video

Quickly create business solutions on your terms across servers to private or public clouds.

Featured Case Studies

RealtyTrac, USA - Real Estate Website Helps Customers Make Better Decisions with Higher Quality Data.

"With SQL Server 2012 Data Quality Services, we will help our customers clearly see all lenders involved in a foreclosure. This will help our customers make better, more informed buying and selling decisions."
Richard Sawicky, Senior Director of Database Technology


Microsoft Information Technology Group, USA - Microsoft Cuts Costs and Improves Access to Information with Enhanced Data Warehouse

"SQL Server 2012 delivers a win-win solution. With the built-in ColumnStore Index feature, end users can generate reports in near real-time and engineering teams benefit from reduced costs and easier maintenance."
Shreekant Saraf, Senior Program Manager


ServiceU, USA - Online Company Reduces Downtime and Helps Its Customers to Improve Service

"The SQL Server 2012 online indexing capabilities alone save us up to 20 minutes a year in downtime, or 38.5 percent of allowable downtime. That might not sound like much, but it is huge for us and our customers."
David Smith, Director, Software Architecture


Mediterranean Shipping Company, Switzerland - Shipper Supports Expansion by Boosting Speed, Control, and Savings with Microsoft

"SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn gives us an integrated high-availability and disaster recovery solution that delivers around-the-clock data access and fast performance for less money."
Fabio Catassi, Chief Technology Officer


Great Western Bank, USA - Online Company Reduces Downtime and Helps Its Customers to Improve Service

"Banks that try to compete against us are simply going to be at a disadvantage if they don't have the enterprise-ready data-warehousing and BI capabilities that SQL Server 2012 and Power View give us."
Ron Van Zanten, Vice President of Data Quality

Edgenet, USA - Data Provider Increases Agility and Speeds Performance with Innovative Cloud Service

"Now, with SQL Server 2012, we can run any data export our customers want whenever they want it, so we're better able to meet their needs and support new customers."
Michael Steineke, Vice President of IT, Edgenet

SharePoint360, USA - IT Firm's Customers Embrace New BI Technology for Working with Enterprise Data

"We need to be nimble, offer innovative services, and ensure customer satisfaction. With SQL Server 2012 … that's what we can do: deliver better solutions up to 50 percent faster, for less money."
John Honeycutt, Director of Sales and Marketing

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