Installing SQL SERVER 2012

"Features Added in SQL Server 2012 Installation

Operating System Requirement – SQL Server 2012 is supported only on Windows 7 , Windows Server 2008 R2 & above. SP1 is an mandatory requirement for OS else you won’t be able to proceed with installation.
Business Intelligence edition – This new edition supports BI related stuffs so it’s one power pack for your BI needs. For more details refer KB article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144275%28v=sql.110%29.aspx
Enterprise Edition – You can now differentiate Enterprise edition based on licensing. CAL & Core based licensing are available for Ent Edition. If you noted I have mentioned it as Core based. Yes!! from 2012 the licensing model changes from processor to core.
Product Update – When you proceed with the installation you have the new feature to download updates for SQL Server during installation itself. This feature is like slipstream.
Server Core Installation – Now you can install SQL Server 2012 in Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core (SP1 is required)
Multi-subnet clustering – Yep!! you are right now you can have your cluster nodes in different subnet masks, it’s supported in SQL Server 2012 clustering
SMB file share – System & User database can be placed in SMB file share. Incase of disk space issues, you can move your db files to file share!
Tempdb placement in Cluster – You are now allowed to place tempdb data files to a local drive in SQL Server cluster it’s not necessary to keep it in SAN disks.
Managed Service Account – Individual service account for all SQL Server related service to enhance security and isolate each service from one another."

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