Did you know? WARDY IT Solutions has more SQL Server Microsoft Certified Trainers than any other organisation in Australia WARDY IT Solutions Virtual DBA service was named one of Australia's 100 most innovative products or services

Welcome to the November newsletter from Australia's leading SQL Server Consultants, Trainers and Business Intelligence specialists

We are getting closer and closer to the release of the next version of SQL Server, SQL Server 2012. This last month saw SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0 being made publically available. Release Candidate 0 is the latest pre-release version of SQL Server 2012 and can be downloaded from here.

More significant though was the announcement of the new licencing for SQL Server 2012. You can find out more about these licencing changes here. WARDY IT Solutions are offering complimentary SQL Server licencing workshops to help customers understand what these changes mean to them. Contact us now to book a complimentary licencing review.

Not only does WARDY IT Solutions offer complimentary SQL Server licencing reviews but we also offer free SQL Server training with our SQL Server Lunch and Learn sessions.

WARDY IT Solutions is proud to make a number of our own announcements this month:

• WARDY IT Solutions were listed on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2011
• WARDY IT Solutions Ranked Number 16 in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 50

Next time you need assistance with SQL Server make sure your choice is the largest and most awarded SQL Server specialists in Australia, WARDY IT Solutions.

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Happy Reading

Peter Ward

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Mission Critical Applications running on SQL Server

In choosing a platform for running Mission Critical applications organisations need to ensure that the platform is trustworthy and can provide the reliability, availability, security, and performance needed to meet the service level agreements that these type of applications demand. A number of high-profile organisations have chosen SQL Server as the data platform for their Mission Critical applications. For details of these case studies refer to here.

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SQL Server 2012 Licensing Changes

The SQL Server 2012 release will simplify customer options with three main editions that are closely aligned with how customers use SQL Server across workloads. SQL Server 2012 will also deliver licensing which enables customers to more easily take advantage of the benefits of public and private cloud through virtualization and license mobility. To find out more about the licencing changes in SQL Server 2012 refer to here.

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Microsoft Software Assurance Training Vouchers (SATV)

As a Microsoft Volume Licencing customer, you may be eligible for Microsoft Software Assurance Training Vouchers which are redeemable towards the majority of Microsoft Official Curriculum instructor-led technical classroom training. These courses are designed to help IT professionals and developers working with SQL Server deploy, manage and support an organisations database topology. WARDY IT Solutions are able to accept your SATV's for Microsoft Official Curriculum courses.

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SQL Server 2012 Training

WARDY IT Solutions has been developing training for SQL Server 2012 over the past few months and we are proud of the fact that we have the first SQL Server 2012 training in Australia. We are extending the SQL Server 2012 training portfolio and we will soon have Power View and Data Quality & Master Data Services training. To find out more about the SQL Server 2120 First look refer to here.

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Amazon Web Services for SQL Server 2012

Amazon Web Services provides organisation with a cloud infrastructure that enables them to run applications, including databases, in the cloud, allowing them to replace up-front capital infrastructure expenses with low variable costs that scale with their business. With Amazon Web Services you can test Microsoft SQL Server 2012. For more details refer to here.

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SQL Server 2012 Product Guide

The SQL Server 2012 Product Guide download contains the latest datasheets, white papers, click-through and auto-running demonstrations, hands-on lab previews, technical presentations, and other useful links to help you evaluate the SQL Server. To download the latest Product Guide refer to here.

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SQL Server Healthcheck

Does your SQL Server environment need a Healthcheck? The WARDY IT Solutions SQL Server Healthcheck is designed to review and verify the implementation of common SQL Server Best Practices. Our Database Healthcheck includes all the usage and administration aspects of a SQL Server database, ensuring that your SQL Servers are managed and operated well. Our approach is to analyse the total health of your SQL Server environment and highlight areas of concern, providing recommendations to improve the health and performance of your database environment. For more details on our SQL Server Healthcheck refer here.

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Free SQL Server 2012 eBook

A new eBook similar to Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is being developed for SQL Server 2012. A Draft preview of the SQL Server 2012 book can be found here.

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SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Volume 2

Individually, each SQL Server MVP possesses an impressive wealth of knowledge and skill. Collectively, the 63 MVPs who contributed to SQL Server MVP Deep Dives, Volume 2 represent over 1000 years of daily experience in SQL Server administration, development, training, and design. This incredible book captures this expertise and passion in a collection of sixty concise chapters. All profits for this book go to Operation Smile. So not only is the SQL Server MVP Deep Dives a great technical reference it is also helping to make a difference. You can pre-order your copy of the SQL Server MVP Deep Dives here.

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SQL Server Virtual DBA

WARDY IT Solutions Virtual DBA service was named one of Australia's 100 most innovative products or services, in one of the largest and most audacious innovation awards of its kind in Australia - the Anthill Magazine 'SMART 100' Index.

Something you may not know is that our Virtual DBA can be utilised for phone and email support. So, if your organisation just needs someone that they can call on for advice then why not use a Virtual DBA?

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