Introduction

MS SQL is an RDBMSProgrammed in C++Platforms support : IA-32, x64, .NET

Framework 3.5Proprietary software of Microsoft

Corporation, available in both commercial and freeware editions.

History and Origin

• In 1989, Microsoft released its first version of SQL Server. It was designed for the OS/2 platform and was developed jointly by Microsoft, Sybase and Ashton-Tate.

• 1990s, Microsoft began to develop a new version of SQL Server for the NT platform.

• July 1993, Sybase and Microsoft parted ways

• Versions launched with Sybase and Ashton-Tate

SQL 1.0SQL 1.1

• Microsoft’s SQL versions: SQL 4.2 (year1993):First time GUI

was introduced SQL 4.2.1(year 1993): Windows NT

edition SQL 6.0 (year 1995)

SQL 6.5(year 1996): Internet and data warehousing options

SQL 7.0(year 1998): Flexible scalability and revamped architecture

SQL Server 2000 (year 2000): RDB, OLAP, ETL,REPORTING,FAILOVER

CLUSTERING,RELATIONAL,BLOB,XML

SQL Server 2005(year 2005): PARTITIONING, MAMAGEMENT STUDIO, COMMON LANGUAGE REFERENCE, XQUERY, DATA MONITORING

SQL Server 2008 (year 2008): RESOURCE GOVERNOR, DATA AND BACKUP COMPRESSION, REMOTE BLOBs/FILESTREAMS.

SQL Server 2008 R2 (year 2010): REPORT BUILDER 3.0, POWER PIVOT, MASTER DATA SERVICES, MULTI-SERVER MANAGEMENT.

SQL Azure (year 2010): Specifically made for cloud computing and cloud based applications.

The current version:SQL Server 2012

Microsoft announced that the next major version of SQL Server (codenamed "Denali"), would be SQL Server 2012. It was released to manufacturing on March 6, 2012. SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 was released to manufacturing on November 9, 2012.

There are three basic versions of MS-SQL 2012: 1. 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 edition's

capabilities

2. Business Intelligence: • For Premium Self-Service and Corporate

Business Intelligence• Rapid data discovery with Power View• Corporate and scalable reporting and analytics• Data Quality Services and Master Data

Services• Inclusive of the Standard edition's capabilities

3. Standard: • Standard continues to offer basic database,

reporting and analytics capabilities.• Windows Server Core Support• Reduce OS patching by as much as 50-60%¹

with new support for Windows Server Core.

SOME OF THE DISTINGUISHED FEATURES AND WORKING OF THE CURRENT MICROSOFT SQL SERVER ENTERPRISE 2012 ARE DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES :

Authentication Modes

Microsoft SQL Server can operate in one of two security (authentication) modes:

• Windows Authentication Mode (Windows Authentication)Windows Authentication mode allows a user to connect through a Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 or Windows® 2000 user account.

• Mixed Mode (Windows Authentication and SQL Server Authentication)Mixed Mode allows users to connect to an instance of SQL Server using either Windows Authentication or SQL Server Authentication.

The Future : MS-SQL 2014

About MS-SQL 2014

• Microsoft SQL Server 2014 builds on the mission-critical capabilities.

• SQL Server 2014 delivers new in-memory capabilities built into the core database for OLTP and data warehousing, BI capabilities.

• disaster recovery and backup solutions with Windows Azure

• Unparalleled scalability…

That’s the story so far…