SQL Server 2012 will provide Mission Critical Confidence with greater
uptime, blazing-fast performance and enhanced security features for
mission critical workloads; Breakthrough Insight with managed
self-service data exploration and stunning interactive data
visualizations capabilities; Cloud On Your Own Terms by enabling the
creation and extension of solutions across on-premises and public
cloud.

Enterprise for Mission Critical & Applications Data Warehousing

- Advanced high availability with AlwaysOn
- High performance data warehousing with ColumnStore
- Maximum virtualization (with Software Assurance)
- Inclusive of Business Intelligence editions capabilities
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