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Update to Ola Hallengren’s SQL Server Maintenance Solution available – Support for SQL Server 2012

New Version Available

A new version of the SQL Server Maintenance Solution by Ola Hallengren’s is now available. The new version supports SQL Server 2012.

One new feature in SQL Server 2012 is AlwaysOn Availability Groups. This feature supports multiple replicas of a database. You can back up any replica and define a preferred backup replica.

SQL Server 2012 also supports online rebuilding of indexes with varchar(max), nvarchar(max), varbinary(max), or XML data types or large CLR types. The new version of the SQL Server Maintenance Solution makes use of this capability.

 

You can read more about the most recent version of the solution at
http://ola.hallengren.com/versions.html

or download it at

http://ola.hallengren.com/scripts/MaintenanceSolution.sql

 

New Documentation

Updated documentation is now available at

http://ola.hallengren.com/sql-server-backup.html
http://ola.hallengren.com/sql-server-integrity-check.html
http://ola.hallengren.com/sql-server-index-and-statistics-maintenance.html

 


Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Courses Released on MVA

5 new SQL Server 2012 courses are available on Microsoft Virtual Academy’s site http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/

Follow the below links to read more about them:

Breakthrough Insights using Microsoft SQL Server 2012 : Analysis Services and Credible, Consistent data

Breakthrough Insights using Microsoft SQL Server 2012 : Reporting Services and Visualization

Breakthrough Insights using Microsoft SQL Server 2012 : Scalable Data Warehouse and Beyond Relational

Cloud on your terms with Microsoft SQL server 2012 : Scale On Demand

Mission Critical Confidence using Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 – Free E-Book

Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012, by Ross Mistry (@RossMistry) and Stacia Misner (@StaciaMisner), is now available as a free download!

It’s available in the following formats:

PDF , MOBI (Kindle Format), EPUB

Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 includes 10 chapters:

PART I   DATABASE ADMINISTRATION (by Ross Mistry)

1.   SQL Server 2012 Editions and Engine Enhancements

2.   High-Availability and Disaster-Recovery Enhancements

3.   Performance and Scalability

4.   Security Enhancements

5.   Programmability and Beyond-Relational Enhancements

PART II   BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENT (by Stacia Misner)

6.   Integration Services

7.   Data Quality Services

8.   Master Data Services

9.   Analysis Services and PowerPivot

10.   Reporting Services