Introduction to Installing, Configuring and Navigating SQL Server 2012 Getting started with SQL Server Management Studio Tools

Objectives  Install SQL Server 2012 – Developer Edition  Discuss the different Editions  Multiple Instances  Look at the different Components of SQL Server  Install SQL Server 2012 – Developer Edition  Discuss the different Editions  Multiple Instances  Look at the different Components of SQL Server

SQL Server Editions  The new SQL Server 2012 family will be comprised of the Enterprise, Business Intelligence, Standard, Web, Developer, and Express editions.  SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition  SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition is limited to 16 cores and 64GB of RAM. It provides the core relational database engine and basic business intelligence (BI) capabilities.  It doesn't include support for the advanced availability features or the more powerful BI features such as PowerPivot, Power View, and Master Data Services. The Standard Edition does include support for two-node AlwaysOn Failover Clusters, and it's licensed either per core or per server.  The new SQL Server 2012 family will be comprised of the Enterprise, Business Intelligence, Standard, Web, Developer, and Express editions.  SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition  SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition is limited to 16 cores and 64GB of RAM. It provides the core relational database engine and basic business intelligence (BI) capabilities.  It doesn't include support for the advanced availability features or the more powerful BI features such as PowerPivot, Power View, and Master Data Services. The Standard Edition does include support for two-node AlwaysOn Failover Clusters, and it's licensed either per core or per server.

SQL Server Editions  SQL Server 2012 Business Edition  SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence Edition is a new member of the SQL Server family. Like the Standard edition, the Business Intelligence edition is limited to 16 cores for the database engine and 64GB of RAM. However, it can use the maximum number of cores supported by the OS for Analysis Services and Reporting Services.  The Business Intelligence edition includes all of the features in the Standard edition and support for advanced BI features such as Power View and PowerPivot, but it lacks support for the advanced availability features like AlwaysOn Availability Groups and other online operations. The Business Intelligence edition supports two-node AlwaysOn Failover Clusters, and it's licensed per server.  SQL Server 2012 Business Edition  SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence Edition is a new member of the SQL Server family. Like the Standard edition, the Business Intelligence edition is limited to 16 cores for the database engine and 64GB of RAM. However, it can use the maximum number of cores supported by the OS for Analysis Services and Reporting Services.  The Business Intelligence edition includes all of the features in the Standard edition and support for advanced BI features such as Power View and PowerPivot, but it lacks support for the advanced availability features like AlwaysOn Availability Groups and other online operations. The Business Intelligence edition supports two-node AlwaysOn Failover Clusters, and it's licensed per server.

SQL Server Editions  SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition  SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition is the high end of the SQL Server 2012 product lineup. It supports the maximum number of cores and RAM in the host OS and provides the complete SQL Server feature set, including support for all of the advanced availability and BI features.  The Enterprise edition supports up to 16-node AlwaysOn Failover Clusters as well as AlwaysOn Availability Groups, online operations, PowerPivot, Power View, Master Data Services, advanced auditing, transparent data encryption, the ColumnStore index, and more. The Enterprise edition is licensed per core.  SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition  SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition is the high end of the SQL Server 2012 product lineup. It supports the maximum number of cores and RAM in the host OS and provides the complete SQL Server feature set, including support for all of the advanced availability and BI features.  The Enterprise edition supports up to 16-node AlwaysOn Failover Clusters as well as AlwaysOn Availability Groups, online operations, PowerPivot, Power View, Master Data Services, advanced auditing, transparent data encryption, the ColumnStore index, and more. The Enterprise edition is licensed per core.

SQL Server Editions SQL Server editionDefinition Enterprise (64-bit and 32-bit) The premium offering, SQL Server 2012 Enterprise edition delivers comprehensive high- end datacenter capabilities with blazing-fast performance, unlimited virtualization, and end-to-end business intelligence — enabling high service levels for mission-critical workloads and end user access to data insights. Enterprise edition also supports data compression. Business Intelligence (64-bit and 32-bit) SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence edition delivers comprehensive platform empowering organizations to build and deploy secure, scalable and manageable BI solutions. It offers exciting functionality such as browser based data exploration and visualization; powerful data mash-up capabilities, and enhanced integration management. Standard (64-bit and 32-bit) SQL Server 2012 Standard edition delivers basic data management and business intelligence database for departments and small organizations to run their applications and supports common development tools for on-premise and cloud — enabling effective database management with minimal IT resources.

SQL Server Editions  SQL Server 2012 Express Editions and LocalDB  SQL Server 2012 will continue to offer three versions of the free SQL Server Express Edition: Express (Database Only), Express with Tools, and Express with Advanced Services. Microsoft will also continue to offer a download of SQL Server Management Studio Express.three versions of the free SQL Server Express Edition  The Express editions are limited to support for one CPU and 1GB of RAM. Databases are limited to 10GB per database. In addition, a new option called LocalDB will also be available.  LocalDB isn't the old Compact Edition: It uses the same sqlservr.exe engine as the other editions of SQL Server and is designed for developers. It requires no configuration and runs as a user process, not as a service.  SQL Server 2012 Express Editions and LocalDB  SQL Server 2012 will continue to offer three versions of the free SQL Server Express Edition: Express (Database Only), Express with Tools, and Express with Advanced Services. Microsoft will also continue to offer a download of SQL Server Management Studio Express.three versions of the free SQL Server Express Edition  The Express editions are limited to support for one CPU and 1GB of RAM. Databases are limited to 10GB per database. In addition, a new option called LocalDB will also be available.  LocalDB isn't the old Compact Edition: It uses the same sqlservr.exe engine as the other editions of SQL Server and is designed for developers. It requires no configuration and runs as a user process, not as a service.

SQL Server Editions  SQL Server 2012 Web and Developer Editions  SQL Server 2012 Web Edition and SQL Server 2012 Developer Edition will continue to be part of the SQL Server 2012 family. The Developer edition provides the same feature set as the Enterprise edition. However, it's licensed per developer and can't be used for production work. The Web edition is licensed only to internet-oriented hosting companies with a Services Provider License Agreement (SLPA).  SQL Server 2012 Web and Developer Editions  SQL Server 2012 Web Edition and SQL Server 2012 Developer Edition will continue to be part of the SQL Server 2012 family. The Developer edition provides the same feature set as the Enterprise edition. However, it's licensed per developer and can't be used for production work. The Web edition is licensed only to internet-oriented hosting companies with a Services Provider License Agreement (SLPA).

SQL Server Editions  The minimum memory requirements for SQL Server 2012 are also quite low. The low-end SQL Server 2012 Express edition requires a minimum of 512MB of RAM, whereas the other editions require a minimum of 1GB. Microsoft's recommended minimum RAM for SQL Server is 4GB.low-end SQL Server 2012 Express edition  The minimum memory requirements for SQL Server 2012 are also quite low. The low-end SQL Server 2012 Express edition requires a minimum of 512MB of RAM, whereas the other editions require a minimum of 1GB. Microsoft's recommended minimum RAM for SQL Server is 4GB.low-end SQL Server 2012 Express edition

What is Advanced Analytics?  Advanced Analytics, or Business Analytics, refers to future-oriented analysis that can be used to help drive changes and improvements in business practices. It is made up of four phases:  Descriptive Analytics : What is generally referred to as “business intelligence”, this phase is where a lot of digital information is captured.  Diagnostic Analytics: In short, you are providing insight into what has happened to uncover trends and patterns. An example is Netflix using historic sales and customer data to improve their recommendation engine.  Predictive analytics : Utilizes a variety of statistical, modeling, data mining, and machine learning techniques to study recent and historical data, thereby allowing analysts to make predictions, or forecasts, about the future.  Prescriptive analytics : Goes beyond predicting future outcomes by also suggesting actions to benefit from the predictions and showing the decision maker the implications of each decision option.  Advanced Analytics, or Business Analytics, refers to future-oriented analysis that can be used to help drive changes and improvements in business practices. It is made up of four phases:  Descriptive Analytics : What is generally referred to as “business intelligence”, this phase is where a lot of digital information is captured.  Diagnostic Analytics: In short, you are providing insight into what has happened to uncover trends and patterns. An example is Netflix using historic sales and customer data to improve their recommendation engine.  Predictive analytics : Utilizes a variety of statistical, modeling, data mining, and machine learning techniques to study recent and historical data, thereby allowing analysts to make predictions, or forecasts, about the future.  Prescriptive analytics : Goes beyond predicting future outcomes by also suggesting actions to benefit from the predictions and showing the decision maker the implications of each decision option.

What is Business Intelligence?  Business intelligence (BI) is a broad category of application programs and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data from various data sources, thus providing enterprise users with reliable and timely information and analysis for improved decision making.

BI versus Advanced Analytics BI vs. advanced analyticsBusiness intelligenceAdvanced analytics Answers the questions: What happened? When? Who? How many? Why did it happen? Will it happen again? What will happen if we change x? What else does the data tell us that we never thought to ask? Includes: Reporting (KPIs, metrics) Ad hoc querying OLAP (cubes, slice & dice, drilling) Dashboards/scorecards Operational/real-time BI Automated monitoring/alerting Statistical/quantitative analysis Data mining Predictive modeling/analytics Big data analytics Text analytics Multivariate testing

SQL Server Components  The Microsoft SQL Server product is made up of four primary components  Database Engine: This is the core part of SQL Server that actually creates and drives relational databases, for storing, processing and securing data.  SQL Server Agent Service is the primary service that runs the SQL Server relational database.  SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS): SSAS is the data-analysis component of SQL Server. It can create OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) cubes — sophisticated programming objects for organizing data inside a relational database — and do data mining (pulling relevant data out of a database in response to an ad-hoc question).  SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS): SSRS is a component of SQL Server that provides reporting regardless of a database’s operating system.  SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS): SSIS is a component of SQL Server that does the Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) process that cleans up and formats raw data from source systems for inclusion in the database as ready-to-use information.  The Microsoft SQL Server product is made up of four primary components  Database Engine: This is the core part of SQL Server that actually creates and drives relational databases, for storing, processing and securing data.  SQL Server Agent Service is the primary service that runs the SQL Server relational database.  SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS): SSAS is the data-analysis component of SQL Server. It can create OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) cubes — sophisticated programming objects for organizing data inside a relational database — and do data mining (pulling relevant data out of a database in response to an ad-hoc question).  SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS): SSRS is a component of SQL Server that provides reporting regardless of a database’s operating system.  SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS): SSIS is a component of SQL Server that does the Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) process that cleans up and formats raw data from source systems for inclusion in the database as ready-to-use information.

SQL Server Components Server componentsDescription SQL Server Database Engine SQL Server Database Engine includes the Database Engine, the core service for storing, processing, and securing data, replication, full-text search, tools for managing relational and XML data, and the Data Quality Services (DQS) server. Analysis Services Analysis Services includes the tools for creating and managing online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining applications. Reporting Services Reporting Services includes server and client components for creating, managing, and deploying tabular, matrix, graphical, and free-form reports. Reporting Services is also an extensible platform that you can use to develop report applications. Integration Services Integration Services is a set of graphical tools and programmable objects for moving, copying, and transforming data. It also includes the Data Quality Services (DQS) component for Integration Services. Master Data Services Master Data Services (MDS) is the SQL Server solution for master data management. MDS can be configured to manage any domain (products, customers, accounts) and includes hierarchies, granular security, transactions, data versioning, and business rules, as well as an Add-in for Excel that can be used to manage data.

SQL Server Services  Core services for the database engine itself consist of the SQL Server service itself (or MSSQLSERVER) and there's also the SQL Server Agent and the SQL Server Browser. The SQL Server Agent is a job scheduler for SQL Server and handles some other maintenance tasks and so on, while the Browser service helps with accepting logins and so on by creating an easier way for client applications to connect to SQL Server.  All three of these services though are true 'services' in the sense that they're daemons running on your server. But of these three, you ONLY need MSSQLSERVER running to be able to work with the relational database engine. (The other two services are optional.)  Core services for the database engine itself consist of the SQL Server service itself (or MSSQLSERVER) and there's also the SQL Server Agent and the SQL Server Browser. The SQL Server Agent is a job scheduler for SQL Server and handles some other maintenance tasks and so on, while the Browser service helps with accepting logins and so on by creating an easier way for client applications to connect to SQL Server.  All three of these services though are true 'services' in the sense that they're daemons running on your server. But of these three, you ONLY need MSSQLSERVER running to be able to work with the relational database engine. (The other two services are optional.)

SQL Server Collation  Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2012 supports several collations. A collation encodes the rules governing the proper use of characters for either a language, such as Greek or Polish, or an alphabet, such as Latin1_General (the Latin alphabet used by western European languages).  Each SQL Server collation specifies three properties:  The sort order to use for Unicode data types ( nchar, nvarchar, and ntext ). A sort order defines the sequence in which characters are sorted, and the way characters are evaluated in comparison operations.  The sort order to use for non-Unicode character data types ( char, varchar, and text ).  The code page used to store non-Unicode character data.  Note You cannot specify the equivalent of a code page for the Unicode data types ( nchar, nvarchar, and ntext ). The double-byte bit patterns used for Unicode characters are defined by the Unicode standard and cannot be changed.  SQL Server 2012 collations can be specified at many levels. When you install an instance of SQL Server 2012, you specify the default collation for that instance. Each time you create a database, you can specify the default collation used for the database. If you do not specify a collation, the default collation for the database is the default collation for the instance. Whenever you define a character column, you can specify its collation. If you do not specify a collation, the column is created with the default collation of the database. You cannot specify a collation for character variables and parameters; they are always created with the default collation of the database.  Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2012 supports several collations. A collation encodes the rules governing the proper use of characters for either a language, such as Greek or Polish, or an alphabet, such as Latin1_General (the Latin alphabet used by western European languages).  Each SQL Server collation specifies three properties:  The sort order to use for Unicode data types ( nchar, nvarchar, and ntext ). A sort order defines the sequence in which characters are sorted, and the way characters are evaluated in comparison operations.  The sort order to use for non-Unicode character data types ( char, varchar, and text ).  The code page used to store non-Unicode character data.  Note You cannot specify the equivalent of a code page for the Unicode data types ( nchar, nvarchar, and ntext ). The double-byte bit patterns used for Unicode characters are defined by the Unicode standard and cannot be changed.  SQL Server 2012 collations can be specified at many levels. When you install an instance of SQL Server 2012, you specify the default collation for that instance. Each time you create a database, you can specify the default collation used for the database. If you do not specify a collation, the default collation for the database is the default collation for the instance. Whenever you define a character column, you can specify its collation. If you do not specify a collation, the column is created with the default collation of the database. You cannot specify a collation for character variables and parameters; they are always created with the default collation of the database.

SQL Server Management Tools Management toolsDescription SQL Server Management Studio SQL Server Management Studio is an integrated environment to access, configure, manage, administer, and develop components of SQL Server. Management Studio lets developers and administrators of all skill levels use SQL Server. Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or a later version is required for Management Studio installation. SQL Server Configuration Manager SQL Server Configuration Manager provides basic configuration management for SQL Server services, server protocols, client protocols, and client aliases. SQL Server Profiler SQL Server Profiler provides a graphical user interface to monitor an instance of the Database Engine or Analysis Services. Database Engine Tuning Advisor Database Engine Tuning Advisor helps create optimal sets of indexes, indexed views, and partitions. Data Quality Client Provides a highly simple and intuitive graphical user interface to connect to the DQS server, and perform data cleansing operations. It also allows you to centrally monitor various activities performed during the data cleansing operation. Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or a later version is required for the Data Quality Client installation. SQL Server Data Tools SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) provides an IDE for building solutions for the Business Intelligence components: Analysis Services, Reporting Services, and Integration Services. (Formerly called Business Intelligence Development Studio). SSDT also includes “Database Projects”, which provides an integrated environment for database developers to carry out all their database design work for any SQL Server platform (both on and off premise) within Visual Studio. Database developers can use the enhanced Server Explorer in Visual Studio to easily create or edit database objects and data, or execute queries. Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or a later version is required for SQL Server Data Tools installation.

Instances  A SQL Server instance is a complete SQL server, each with their own ports, logins, and databases and you can install many instances on a machine but you can have only 1 default instance.  Default instance name will be MSSQLSERVER. You can’t change the default instance name.  A SQL Server instance has its own copy of the server files, databases and security credentials.  You can further categorize these as the "primary instance" and "named instances." The primary instance can be accessed using just the server name or IP address. The named instances, on the other hand, are accessed by appending a backslash and the instance name.  More than 1 instance can run at a time. You just need a unique name for each instance that you install (as well as filesystem path).  SQL Server 2012 will allow 50 named instances to be installed, however, memory issues could be a concern running all instance simultaneously.  A SQL Server instance is a complete SQL server, each with their own ports, logins, and databases and you can install many instances on a machine but you can have only 1 default instance.  Default instance name will be MSSQLSERVER. You can’t change the default instance name.  A SQL Server instance has its own copy of the server files, databases and security credentials.  You can further categorize these as the "primary instance" and "named instances." The primary instance can be accessed using just the server name or IP address. The named instances, on the other hand, are accessed by appending a backslash and the instance name.  More than 1 instance can run at a time. You just need a unique name for each instance that you install (as well as filesystem path).  SQL Server 2012 will allow 50 named instances to be installed, however, memory issues could be a concern running all instance simultaneously.

Summary  Installing and upgrading SQL Server 2012 is a straightforward process based mostly on an intuitive Setup program that comes with every edition of SQL Server 2012  Enterprise Edition  Developer Edition  Standard Edition  Installing and upgrading SQL Server 2012 is a straightforward process based mostly on an intuitive Setup program that comes with every edition of SQL Server 2012  Enterprise Edition  Developer Edition  Standard Edition