Microsoft SQL Server 2011 – “DENALI”
Microsoft SQL Server 2011 CTP1 (Community Technology Preview) was released last year. This is basically the public beta of the upcoming version of SQL Server. Microsoft is referring to this release as SQL Server Code Named “Denali”. In the latest release of SQL Server, there is a significant number of BI enhancements in addition to many other enhancements. With this new release customers will benefit from the following added investments:
- Enhanced mission-critical platform: A highly available and scalable platform designed to with greater flexibility, lower TCO, ease of use, and the performance required by the most mission-critical applications.
- Developer and IT Productivity: New additional tools will help developers build innovative applications with reduced time-to-market while IT professionals benefit from greater operational control and ease of use.
- Pervasive Insight: Stunning new managed self-service experiences for end users and holistic data integration and management tools will help deliver consistent, credible data to the right users at the right time.
To read about what is new in SQL Server code-named ‘Denali’ – Community Technology Preview 1 (CTP1) click here
For those interested, there is also a group of experts doing an expedition around the country to provide workshops about MS BI and Denali!…the info can be found here: http://www.expeditiondenali.com/