A very good comprehensive whitepaper on upgrading to SQL Server 2012 is available for download
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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 : Reporting Services and Visualization
Cloud on your terms with Microsoft SQL server 2012 : Scale On Demand
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