SQL Server 2012 has introduced new features and has changed existing features to help improve performance, security, and ...

SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2012 has introduced new features and has changed existing features to help improve performance, security, and manageability. Some of these changes may affect your existing applications. Use SQL Server 2012 Upgrade Advisor to plan for upgrades from SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2.

Upgrade Advisor consists of a wizard and a report viewer:

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